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A Spiritual Geography of Early Chinese Thought - Gods, Ancestors, and Afterlife (Hardcover)
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A Spiritual Geography of Early Chinese Thought - Gods, Ancestors, and Afterlife (Hardcover)
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy of Religion
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It is widely claimed that notions of gods and religious beliefs are
irrelevant or inconsequential to early Chinese ("Confucian") moral
and political thought. Rejecting the claim that religious practice
plays a minimal philosophical role, Kelly James Clark and Justin
Winslett offer a textual study that maps the religious terrain of
early Chinese texts. They analyze the pantheon of extrahumans, from
high gods to ancestor spirits, discussing their various
representations, as well as examining conceptions of the afterlife
and religious ritual. Demonstrating that religious beliefs in early
China are both textually endorsed and ritually embodied, this book
goes on to show how gods, ancestors and afterlife are
philosophically salient. The summative chapter on the role of
religious ritual in moral formation shows how religion forms a
complex philosophical system capable of informing moral, social,
and political conditions.
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