Confucianism and spiritual traditions in modern China and beyond / edited by Fenggang Yang and Joseph B. Tamney. - Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012. - xi, 362 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Religion in Chinese societies ; v. 3 . - Religion in Chinese societies ; v. 3. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Nationalism, Globalization, and Chinese Traditions In The Twenty-First Century / Part I Confucian Revivalism In China And Beyond: Potentials And Realities: A Study Of The Renaissance Of Traditional Confucian Culture In Contemporary China / Confucian Spirituality In Contemporary China / The Resilience Of Confucianism In Chinese Societies / From Beijing To Boston: The Future Contributions Of The Globalization Of New Confucianism / Part II Confucianism And Religious Diversity: Past, Present And Future: The Daoist Encounter With Modernity: Some Issues In The History and Sociology Of Daoism In The Modern Era / The Modern Significance Of Some Basic Concepts In Chinese Buddhism / Indigenization Of Imported Religions In China: The Case Of Islam and The Hui People / Protestantism In Modern China As "Foreign Religion" and "Chinese Religion": Autonomy, Independence, and The Constraints Of Foreign Hegemony / Confucianism, Christianity, and Religious Freedom: Debates In The Transformation Period Of Modern China (1900-1920s) / Spiritual Accomplishment In Confucianism and Spiritual Transcendence In Christianity / Part III The Social Realities Of Ritual: From Exegetic To Analytic: Confucian Humaneness (Ren) Across Social Barriers / The Revival Of Confucian Rites In Contemporary China / Religion, Ritual, and The Public Good In China / Joseph B. Tamney and Fenggang Yang -- Kang Xiaoguang -- Tu Weiming -- Joseph B. Tamney -- John Berthrong -- David A. Palmer and Xun Liu -- Fang Litian -- Jian Zhixiang and Ma Rong -- Daniel H. Bays -- Liu Yi -- Zhuo Xinping -- Robert Cummings Neville -- Anna Sun -- Robert P. Weller

Confucianism is reviving in China and spreading in America. This multidisciplinary volume includes philosophical and theological articulations of Confucianism and other spiritual traditions for the modern and globalizing world, and empirical studies of and analytical reflections on Confucianism and other traditions in Chinese societies by historians, sociologists, and anthropologists.

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Philosophy, Confucian.
Confucianism--China.
Confucianism--Relations.
Confucianism.


China--Religion.

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