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Across The Border——the Han Nationality Convert To Muslim Case Studies

Posted on:2013-11-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X Q BiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2247330371986509Subject:Sociology of Ethnicity
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Any social structure has its own basic social system in order to satisfy the life in which members in this society need. Sociologist Jim Parsons said that a society has its own basic social system which contains the family, economic system, political system and religion. They perform their own respective duties.The family codes and controls the statute gender between man and woman relation and brings up their children’s responsibility.Economic system organizes production and provides people with proportional contribution of the reward.Political system integratives regional,strength and power system and contacts with other societies.Religious provides the basic meaning and the general framework of cognition.Emile Durkheim said thaf" all of societies are religious societies.There isn’t a no religious society.’Religious is produced in the society. Different kinds of social structures generate different religions. Chinese-American social scientist Yang Qingkun defined the Chinese religious.He said that there are not only five institutional religion in China,but also the diffused religions which lack the independent organizational structure and teaching system but spread to secular life and bind to them.As one of the world’s three largest religion, the growth rate of Muslim followers at a faster pace and spread to a lot of places in the world. Islam’ range is very wide and penetrates in the life.The British Johnson said that:"Islam is a way of life which includes economic system、political system、management of family art.Islam is used in this life,also suitable for the afterlife."According to Yang Qingkun’s religion definition,Islam is the institutional religion.Since Islam has been introduced to China,it existed with other diffused and institutional religions and formed the unique Chinese islamic culture.Islamic lifestyle shapes the Muslim unique modes of thinking and behaviour patterns.Since the tang,Muslim gradually became a social group in the society of China and touch with other social groups.The han nationality to convert to Muslim has became the marginal group in China.In recent years.the quantity of the han nationality to convert to Muslim shows a rising trend.The han nationality to convert to Muslim cross the cultural boundaries between the han and Islam.For the choices of religious belief,different individual has different selection factors. After selecting the psychological and all aspects of life have undergone significant changes.This article focuses on the han nationality to convert to Muslim.As a case study,this paper compares the diffused religion of han society and the Islam religion and explores the choices of the han nationality to convert to Muslim crossing the border religion.
Keywords/Search Tags:diffused religion, islam, acculturation, boundaries, han ChineseMuslim
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