Confucianism and Spiritual Traditions in Modern China and Beyond (Religion in Chinese Societies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9004212396 ISBN 13: 9789004212398

Publisher: Brill, 2011

Synopsis

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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From the Back Cover:

Confucianism is reviving in China and spreading in America. The past and present interactions between the revived Confucianism and Daoism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity will likely shape the cultural and political developments in Chinese societies of mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, etc., and will have global implications in the globalizing world. In addition to the philosophical and theological articulations of Confucianism and other spiritual traditions, this volume includes empirical studies of and analytical reflections on the spiritual traditions in Chinese societies by historians, sociologists, and anthropologists. It is a collection of articles by the best minds in China and the West, and the top experts in multiple disciplines. Collectively, the volume provides an assessment of the present situation and points to the possibilities of future development of Confucianism and other spiritual traditions in modern China and beyond.

About the Author:

Fenggang Yang (PhD in 1997, the Catholic University of America) is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center on Religion and Chinese Society at Purdue University in Indiana. His forthcoming book is Religion in China: Survival and Revival under Communism (Oxford University Press).

Joseph B. Tamney (1933-2009) was Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Ball State University. He received his Ph. D. from Cornell University in 1962. He published seventy-seven articles in scientific research journals and nine books on topics including religion, politics, and community.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 9004212396
• ISBN 13: 9789004212398
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 355
• Editor: Fenggang Yang, Joseph Tamney