Author affiliation: David A. Palmer: Hong Kong University Glenn Shive: Hong Kong America Center Philip L. Wickeri: San Francisco Theological Seminary, Graduate Theological Union (UC Berkeley)
關鍵詞
religion; religious practice; People's Republic of China; Taiwan; Hong Kong; Chinese Communism; Buddhism; Daoism; Confucianism; popular religion; Christianity; Islam
摘要
This book introduces Chinese religious life and practice in its cultural, social and political context. It is designed for the general reader, written by an international team of scholars from a variety of disciplines. Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, Popular Religion, Christianity, and Islam are treated not as distinct systems, but as cultural and religious expressions interwoven in the Chinese context. The emphasis is on religious practice, not doctrines or beliefs. Each chapter treats a different aspect of religion in Chinese public life, and the authors discuss the ways in which religion is practiced in communities where it shapes the lives of individuals and families in villages and cities. The book shows how religion has remerged in the People's Republic of China, and how religions relate to the Chinese Communist system. Religion provides a lens through which to observe a range of complex social issues related to the economy, gender and sexuality, health and the environment, human rights, ethnicity, and globalization. There is no single "model" of religion and public life in China, and a wide range of imaginable possibilities are found in this volume. This book encourages readers to relate chapter themes to universally relevant areas of religious interest, all the time showing the distinctive features particular to the Chinese context. Religious life in Chinese communities on the mainland, in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and elsewhere is understood on its own terms and interpreted in creative interdisciplinary ways that will make the study of religion in China more widely accessible.
目次
Introduction 3 PART I Ways of Being Religious in the Chinese World 11 PART II Religion Culture and Society 85 PART III Religion Politics and the Economy 153 PART IV Global Perspectives 225 Glossary 255 Suggested Further Readings 259 Index 265
