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- Provides an outlook of contemporary Chinese people’s religious faith
- Explores the transmission and development of foreign religions in China as well as traditional Chinese religions
- Untangles the intricate interrelationships between religion, culture and politics in contemporary China
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: China Insights (CHINAIN)
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book comprehensively examines religious faith in China from the perspective of cultural philosophy and cultural history. It explores the social, political, cultural and spiritual meanings of religions, tracing their historical development and related paradigm shifts. It also analyzes the characteristics of the country’s local religions and the process of indigenization of world religions, and describes the peaceful co-existence and harmonious confluence of multiple religions in Chinese spiritual life, revealing the vibrant and diverse colors of its religious culture. Examining these religions’ social and cultural functions in contemporary Chinese society, the book demonstrates the rich and complex intertwinement of religious faith, cultural spirit and national disposition among the Chinese people.
Authors and Affiliations
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Institute of World Religions, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, China
Xinping Zhuo
About the author
Zhao Dong, PhD, Associate Professor of the School of English and International Studies of Beijing Foreign Studies University, China, has research interests in Buddhism and Christianity from cultural and literary perspectives and Chinese religions through textual and anthropological approaches. He was Visiting Scholar of Harvard University Center for the Study of World Religions (2015-2016) and Yale Divinity School (2003-2004). He teaches in English courses such as Buddhismin Chinese Culture, Guided Readings in Confucian, Buddhist and Taoist Classics, Bible as Literature, etc. He is the author of the book The Bible and the Faerie Queen (2008), and has published 13 peer reviewed papers in English in international academic journals.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Religious Faith of the Chinese
Authors: Xinping Zhuo
Translated by: Dong Zhao
Series Title: China Insights
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6379-4
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. and China Social Sciences Press 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-6378-7Published: 30 January 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4867-9Published: 30 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-6379-4Published: 26 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2363-7579
Series E-ISSN: 2363-7587
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 273
Additional Information: Jointly published with China Social Sciences Press.
Topics: Sociology of Religion