Comprising the most up-to-date, interdisciplinary research on the study of Chinese religious beliefs and cultural practices, this volume explores the rich and complex religious and philosophical traditions that have developed and flourished in one of the world's oldest civilizations. Covers the main Chinese traditions of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism as well as Christianity and Islam Features a unique organizational structure, with groups of readings focused on historical, traditions-based, and topical elements of Chinese religion Explores a number of contemporary religious topics, including gender, nature, asceticism, material culture, and gods and spirits Brings together a team of authors who are experts in their sub-fields, providing readers with the latest research in a rapidly growing discipline
Notes on Contributors ix 1 Introduction 1 Randall Nadeau Part I Historical Survey 25 2 Chinese Religion in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties 27 Randall Nadeau 3 Chinese Religion from the Han to the Six Dynasties 51 Gil Raz 4 Chinese Religion in the Sui and Tang Dynasties 75 Paul Copp 5 Chinese Religion in the Song and Alien Dynasties 99 Shin-yi Chao 6 Chinese Religion in the Ming and Qing Dynasties 125 Mark Meulenbeld Part II The Traditions 145 7 The Confucian Tradition in China 147 Keith Knapp 8 The Daoist Tradition in China 171 Louis Komjathy 9 Chinese Buddhism 197 Mario Poceski 10 Chinese Popular Religion 219 Philip Clart 11 Chinese Islam 237 James D. Frankel 12 Chinese Christianity 261 Ryan Dunch Part III Critical Terms for the Study of Chinese Religions 283 13 Sacred Text 285 Thomas Jansen 14 Religious Ritual 309 Joshua Capitanio 15 Material Culture 335 Julius N. Tsai 16 Nature 349 James Miller 17 Divinity 369 Randall Nadeau 18 Gender 397 Beata Grant 19 Divination 419 Jue Guo 20 Asceticism 441 Stephen Eskildsen 21 Self-Inflicted Violence 461 Jimmy Yu Index and Glossary of Chinese Characters 481
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