TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kline,T.C.
AU  - Tiwald,Justin
TI  - Ritual and religion in the Xunzi
T2  - SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture
SN  - 1438451962
AV  - B128.H7 R58 2014
U1  - 181/.112 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Xunzi,
KW  - Xunzi (Xunzi)
KW  - fast
KW  - Philosophy, Confucian
KW  - Philosophie confucéenne
KW  - PHILOSOPHY
KW  - Eastern
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Xunzi as a religious philosopher / Edward J. Machle -- A happy symmetry: Xunzi's ecological ethic / Philip J. Ivanhoe -- Ritual and religion: a lesson from Xunzi for today / Robert C. Neville -- Xunzi: ritualization as humanization / Lee H. Yearley -- Xunzi's reinterpretation of ritual: a hermeneutic defense of the Confucian way / Mark Berkson -- Ritual and tradition in Xunzi and Dōgen / James Robson -- Sheltering under the sacred canopy: Peter Berger and Xunzi / T.C. Kline III
N2  - Challenges traditional views to consider Xunzi as a religious thinker. Xunzi, a founding figure in the Confucian tradition, is one of the world's great philosophers and theorists of religion. For much of the last century, his work has been seen largely as critical of religion, particularly the popular beliefs and invocations of supernatural forces that underpin so many religious rituals. Contributors to this volume challenge this view and offer a more sophisticated picture of Xunzi. He emerges not as critic, but rather as an adherent of religion who seeks to give religious practices meaning even though many religious beliefs are mistaken or self-serving. Each essay offers a powerful illustration of Xunzi as both a religious devotee and as a philosopher of religion, drawing on a wide array of disciplines and methodologies. T. C. Kline III is an independent scholar and the coeditor (with P. J. Ivanhoe) of Virtue, Nature, and Moral Agency in the Xunzi. Justin Tiwald is Associate Professor of Philosophy at San Francisco State University and the coeditor (with Chung-ying Cheng) of Confucian Philosophy: Innovations and Transformations
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