Reflecting on over half a century of study on Chinese culture,
Jordan Paper explores new ways of approaching religion in China.
Moving away from using Christianity as a model for examination,
which has led to considerable misunderstandings between China and
the West, Paper instead applies the paradigm of Familism to Chinese
religion. By looking through the lens of Familism, which emphasises
the importance of the family unit, Paper argues that we can
understand the basis of Chinese culture, society, government, and
religion. In the book, Paper explains how, when and why Familism
appears in the development of human culture in the Neolithic
period, as well as its ramifications in more complex societies,
using the imperial Chinese state as an example. The discussion in
the book includes how the Chinese state can be understood as a
religious institution; the role of spirit possession; the
relationship of other religions in China to Chinese Religion,
including Buddhism, Daoism and Judaism; and the issue of freedom of
religion in contemporary China. Chinese Religion and Familism not
only challenges the discipline's perception of Chinese religion,
but all of the religions of East Asia, indigenous sub-Saharan
African religions, Polynesian Religion, and elsewhere.
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