Chinese religions / Julia Ching.
Publication details: Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, 1993.Description: xv, 275 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 0883448769
- 9780883448762
- 0883448750 (pbk.)
- 9780883448755 (pbk.)
- 291/.095 20
- 200.951 21
- BL1802 .C548 1993
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 252-262) and index.
Introduction -- The ancestral cult and divination : the dawn of ancient religion -- Sacrifice and kingship : the eclipse of ancient religion -- Morality and rituals : Confucianism as religious humanism -- Love or the law : Confucianism and its rivals : Mohism and Legalism -- Freedom and the natural : Taoism as religious philosophy -- Immortality and mysticism : Taoism as salvation religion -- Scripture and hermeneutics : Buddhism's entry to China -- Mysticism and devotion : Buddhism becomes Chinese -- Metaphysics and spirituality : Neo-Confucianism as response to Buddhism -- Ethnic survival : Islam and the other Middle Eastern religions -- Cultural assimilation : the dilemma of Christianity -- The vitality of syncretism : popular religion -- The future of Chinese religions -- Appendix : the Chinese liturgical year.
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