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 IslamFeatures a unique organizational structure, with groups of readings focused on historical, traditions-based, and topical elements of Chinese religionExplores a number of contemporary religious topics, including gender, nature, asceticism, material culture, and gods and spiritsBrings together a team of authors who are experts in their sub-fields, providing readers with the latest research in a rapidly growing discipline INDICE: Notes on Contributors ix1 Introduction 1Randall NadeauPart I Historical Survey 252 Chinese Religion in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties 27Randall Nadeau3 Chinese Religion from the Han to the Six Dynasties 51Gil Raz4 Chinese Religion in the Sui and Tang Dynasties 75Paul Copp5 Chinese Religion in the Songand Alien Dynasties 99Shin-yi Chao6 Chinese Religion in the Ming and Qing Dynasties 125Mark MeulenbeldPart II The Traditions 1457 The Confucian Tradition in China 147Keith Knapp8 The Daoist Tradition in China 171Louis Komjathy9 Chinese Buddhism 197Mario Poceski10 Chinese Popular Religion 219Philip Clart11 Chinese Islam 237James D. Frankel12 Chinese Christianity 261Ryan DunchPart III Critical Terms for the Study of Chinese Religions 28313 Sacred Text 285Thomas Jansen14 Religious Ritual 309Joshua Capitanio15 Material Culture 335Julius N. Tsai16 Nature 349James Miller17 Divinity 369Randall Nadeau18 Gender 397Beata Grant19 Divination 419Jue Guo20 Asceticism 441Stephen Eskildsen21 Self-Inflicted Violence 461Jimmy YuIndex and Glossary of Chinese Characters 481
- ISBN: 978-1-4443-6199-5
- Editorial: Wiley-Blackwell
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 512
- Fecha Publicación: 14/03/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés