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Religion and Chinese society / edited by John Lagerwey.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hong Kong : Chinese University Press : Paris : École française d'Extrême-Orient, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (xxxiv, 927 pages in 2 volumes) : illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789882378896
  • 9882378897
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 299.51 23/eng/20220506
  • 200.951 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1802 .R421 2004eb
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
v. 1. Ancient and medieval China -- v. 2. Taoism and local religion in modern China.
Summary: Thirty years ago, Hu Shih's views of Chinese society and history were representative of Sinology in general: China itself had no native religion, just local customs; its only real religion was an import, Buddhism. These views have now been completely overturned, with massive implications for our understanding not only of China but also of humanity as a whole: it is no longer possible to imagine that at least one major traditional society constructed and construed itself without reference to a non-mundane world that permeated every facet of society, and it therefore becomes indispensable for students of China to take the history of Chinese religion into account and for students of religion to take into account the Chinese experience of and Chinese categories for dealing with religious phenomena. The present volumes contain a selection of twenty-one essays presented in a conference convened jointly by the Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient and the Centre for the Study of Religion and Chinese Society of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, on "Religion and Chinese Society: The Transformation of a Field and Its Implications for the Study of Chinese Culture" held on May 29-June 2, 2000. The collection aims at providing as wide a coverage as possible of recent research in the history of Chinese religion and seeks to draw some tentative conclusions about the implications for the study of Chinese religion and society in general.
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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)3042284

"A centennial conference of the École française d'Extrême-Orient."

Conference convened jointly by the EFEO and the Centre for the Study of Religion and Chinese Society of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and held on May 29-June 2, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references.

v. 1. Ancient and medieval China -- v. 2. Taoism and local religion in modern China.

Thirty years ago, Hu Shih's views of Chinese society and history were representative of Sinology in general: China itself had no native religion, just local customs; its only real religion was an import, Buddhism. These views have now been completely overturned, with massive implications for our understanding not only of China but also of humanity as a whole: it is no longer possible to imagine that at least one major traditional society constructed and construed itself without reference to a non-mundane world that permeated every facet of society, and it therefore becomes indispensable for students of China to take the history of Chinese religion into account and for students of religion to take into account the Chinese experience of and Chinese categories for dealing with religious phenomena. The present volumes contain a selection of twenty-one essays presented in a conference convened jointly by the Ecole francaise d'Extreme-Orient and the Centre for the Study of Religion and Chinese Society of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, on "Religion and Chinese Society: The Transformation of a Field and Its Implications for the Study of Chinese Culture" held on May 29-June 2, 2000. The collection aims at providing as wide a coverage as possible of recent research in the history of Chinese religion and seeks to draw some tentative conclusions about the implications for the study of Chinese religion and society in general.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 06, 2022).