Acknowledgments
Conventions
Glossary of Temple Names in Xiamen City
Introduction
Part I: Concept, Spaces, History
1. Themes and Concepts of the Study
2. Physical and Semiotic Spaces of Nanputuo Temple
3. Institutional Space and Nanputuo Temple's Historical Capital
Part II: Recovery and Development of Nanputuo Temple
4. Revival of Buddhist Practice and Education, 1982-1989
5. Expansion and Conflict in the Space of Religion, 1989-1995
6. Aligning with the Central State, 1996-2004
Part III: Nanputuo Temple and Local Buddhist Communities
7. Dynamism of Local Temples
8. Devotees and Lay Nuns
9. The Guanyin Festival: Being Buddhist the Chinese Way
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Leaders of Nanputuo Temple, 1684-
Appendix 2: Nanputuo Temple, a Millennium of Construction and Renewal
Appendix 3: Buddhist College of Minnan Curriculum, 1989
Appendix 4: Ordination Ceremony Schedule, October 13-29, 1989, Guanghua Temple
Notes
References
Index

Yoshiko Ashiwa is professor emeritus at Hitotsubashi University and visiting professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo.
David L. Wank is professor emeritus at Sophia University and visiting researcher at the Oriental Library, Tokyo.
Ashiwa and Wank have worked together extensively, including coediting Making Religion, Making the State: The Politics of Religion in Modern China (2009).