Handbook of the History of Religions in China I

Handbook of the History of Religions in China I
Author :
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages : 406
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9783838212074
ISBN-13 : 383821207X
Rating : 4/5 (07X Downloads)

Book Synopsis Handbook of the History of Religions in China I by : Zhongjian Zhan, Jian Mu

Download or read book Handbook of the History of Religions in China I written by Zhongjian Zhan, Jian Mu and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is part of an initiative in cooperation with renowned Chinese publishers to make fundamental, formative, and influential Chinese thinkers available to a western readership, providing absorbing insights into Chinese reflections of late, and offering a chance to grasp today’s China. In their influential book Handbook of the History of Religions in China, Zhongjian Mou and Jian Zhang present a panorama of the religions existing in China through time. In their fascinating History, they delineate the emergence and development of Daoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Islam, and Christianity and explore the roles they played in Chinese society and the interrelations between them. In China, also due to the encompassing Confucian idea of “living together harmoniously while maintaining differences,” religions—including newly arrived ones—came closer together than anywhere else in the world and reached a unique level of peaceful societal coexistence. Despite many frictions and conflicts, communication and reconciliation were indisputably predominant in China throughout history. Buddhism was peacefully introduced into China and, later on, a harmonious, symbiotic syncretism of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism developed—an exemplary process of how a diverse set of different religions can complement each other and contribute to a better life.


Handbook of the History of Religions in China I Related Books

Handbook of the History of Religions in China I
Language: en
Pages: 406
Authors: Zhongjian Zhan, Jian Mu
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-27 - Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

GET EBOOK

This book is part of an initiative in cooperation with renowned Chinese publishers to make fundamental, formative, and influential Chinese thinkers available to
A Handbook of Ancient Religions
Language: en
Pages: 571
Authors: John R. Hinnells
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-03-01 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

GET EBOOK

Ancient civilisations exercise an intense fascination for people the world over. This Handbook provides a vivid, scholarly, and eminently readable account of an
The Oxford Handbook of Global Religions
Language: en
Pages: 674
Authors: Mark Juergensmeyer
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-08-25 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

GET EBOOK

This is a reference for understanding world religious societies in their contemporary global diversity. Comprising 60 essays, the volume focuses on communities
Handbook of East Asian New Religious Movements
Language: en
Pages: 634
Authors: Lukas Pokorny
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-04-24 - Publisher: BRILL

GET EBOOK

* This Handbook has won the ICAS Edited Volume Accolade 2019. Brill warmly congratulates editors Lukas Pokorny and Franz Winter and their authors with this awar
Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Religions
Language: en
Pages: 675
Authors: Inken Prohl
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-09-03 - Publisher: BRILL

GET EBOOK

Representing work by some of the leading scholars in the field, the chapters in this handbook survey the transformation and innovation of religious traditions a