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Chinese religions / Julia Ching.

By: Publication details: Maryknoll, New York : Orbis Books, 1993.Description: xv, 275 p. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0883448769
  • 9780883448762
  • 0883448750 (pbk.)
  • 9780883448755 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Chinese religions.DDC classification:
  • 291/.095 20
  • 200.951 21
LOC classification:
  • BL1802 .C548 1993
Contents:
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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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks BL1802 .C548 1993 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TBC00000676

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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