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Confucianism and sacred space : the Confucius temple from imperial China to today / Chin-shing Huang ; translated by Jonathan Chin with Chin-shing Huang.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Chinese Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]Description: 1 online resource (xii, 333 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 0231552890
  • 9780231552899
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Confucianism and sacred space.DDC classification:
  • 299.5/1235 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1882.C6 H83 2021
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Introduction: the Confucius temple as a ritual system: manifestations of power, belief, and legitimacy in traditional China -- Expanding the symbolic meaning and function of the rites: the evolution of Confucius temples in imperial China -- Confucianism as a religion: a comparative study of traditional Chinese religions -- Sages and saints: a comparative study of canonization in Confucianism and Christianity -- The cultural politics of autocracy: the Confucius temple and Ming despotism, 1368-1530 -- Xunzi: the Confucius temple's absentee -- The disenchantment with Confucianism in modern China -- The lonely Confucius temples across the Taiwan straits: the difficult transformation of modern China's traditional culture -- Conclusion: reflections on my study of Confucianism as a religion.
Summary: "Confucianism and Sacred Space uses the site of the Confucius temple to explore Confucianism both as one of China's "three religions" (with Buddhism and Daoism) and as a cultural phenomenon, from the imperial era and to its secular garb under the Communists. This translation draws on Chin-shing Huang's two monographs and numerous published articles to provide a holistic picture of his decades-long research into Confucius temples. An introduction gives a historical overview and pulls the pieces together"-- Provided by publisher.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)2423633

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Confucianism and Sacred Space uses the site of the Confucius temple to explore Confucianism both as one of China's "three religions" (with Buddhism and Daoism) and as a cultural phenomenon, from the imperial era and to its secular garb under the Communists. This translation draws on Chin-shing Huang's two monographs and numerous published articles to provide a holistic picture of his decades-long research into Confucius temples. An introduction gives a historical overview and pulls the pieces together"-- Provided by publisher.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed on December 02, 2020).

Introduction: the Confucius temple as a ritual system: manifestations of power, belief, and legitimacy in traditional China -- Expanding the symbolic meaning and function of the rites: the evolution of Confucius temples in imperial China -- Confucianism as a religion: a comparative study of traditional Chinese religions -- Sages and saints: a comparative study of canonization in Confucianism and Christianity -- The cultural politics of autocracy: the Confucius temple and Ming despotism, 1368-1530 -- Xunzi: the Confucius temple's absentee -- The disenchantment with Confucianism in modern China -- The lonely Confucius temples across the Taiwan straits: the difficult transformation of modern China's traditional culture -- Conclusion: reflections on my study of Confucianism as a religion.