Confucianism and Spiritual Traditions in Modern China and BeyondFenggang Yang, Joseph Tamney 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. |
Contents
Nationalism Globalization and Chinese | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
A Study of the Renaissance of Traditional Confucian | 33 |
Confucian Spirituality in Contemporary China | 75 |
The Resilience of Confucianism in Chinese Societies | 97 |
Joseph B Tamney | 104 |
The Future Contributions of | 131 |
PART II | 140 |
The Case | 201 |
Protestantism in Modern China as Foreign Religion | 229 |
Debates | 247 |
Spiritual Accomplishment in Confucianism and Spiritual | 277 |
Confucian Humaneness Ren Across Social Barriers | 295 |
The Revival of Confucian Rites in Contemporary China | 309 |
Religion Ritual and the Public Good in China | 329 |
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