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Confucianism as a World Religion - Contested Histories and Contemporary Realities (Paperback)
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Confucianism as a World Religion - Contested Histories and Contemporary Realities (Paperback)
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Loot Price R560
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Is Confucianism a religion? If so, why do most Chinese think it
isn't? From ancient Confucian temples, to nineteenth-century
archives, to the testimony of people interviewed by the author
throughout China over a period of more than a decade, this book
traces the birth and growth of the idea of Confucianism as a world
religion. The book begins at Oxford, in the late nineteenth
century, when Friedrich Max Muller and James Legge classified
Confucianism as a world religion in the new discourse of "world
religions" and the emerging discipline of comparative religion.
Anna Sun shows how that decisive moment continues to influence the
understanding of Confucianism in the contemporary world, not only
in the West but also in China, where the politics of Confucianism
has become important to the present regime in a time of transition.
Contested histories of Confucianism are vital signs of social and
political change. Sun also examines the revival of Confucianism in
contemporary China and the social significance of the ritual
practice of Confucian temples. While the Chinese government turns
to Confucianism to justify its political agenda, Confucian
activists have started a movement to turn Confucianism into a
religion. Confucianism as a world religion might have begun as a
scholarly construction, but are we witnessing its transformation
into a social and political reality? With historical analysis,
extensive research, and thoughtful reflection, Confucianism as a
World Religion will engage all those interested in religion and
global politics at the beginning of the Chinese century.
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