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Life in the age of drone warfare

their solidarity through a network of charities and Catholic rituals. Conversely, the St. Francis Xavier Church serves as a base for dedicated Catholics from parishes all over the city who have sought to learn the trade of foot reflexology in order to impart these skills to migrant workers who, it is hoped, will be able to earn a living using these skills. Using a widely palatable and functional trade as a means of connecting religious and secular persons from all walks of life, the Church seeks to contribute to changing representations of Shanghai’s ‘unwelcoming’ religious congregations through establishing a fluid network within the city’s religious waterways. Vermander, Hingley and Zhang have provided a much-needed theoretical and empirical addition to the extant literature on religious geographies in urban China. Their writing is easy to follow, the combination of depth and breadth in their analysis is compelling, and the inclusion of photographs of their field sites and subjects provides readers another point of entry into the everyday religious lives and landscapes in Shanghai. This is a piece of work suitable for academics, practitioners, as well as the interested observer. In light of China’s recent crackdown on religion, especially those considered as foreign or of minority status, a reminder of how religious lives go on, as well as how they are troubled by and can transcend such politics is a crucial one.