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A comprehensive work on the religions of China, which includes chapters on ancient religions, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Chinese Islam, Christianity in China, as well as on popular religion. There is a continuity between religion and philosophy through the maxim Heaven and man are one .
A comprehensive work on the religions of China, which includes chapters on ancient religions, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Chinese Islam, Christianity in China, as well as on popular religion. There is a continuity between religion and philosophy through the maxim Heaven and man are one .
Introduces the many strands of Confucianism in a style accessible to students and general readers.
The first English-language overview of the interaction of Buddhism and Shint in Japanese culture.
Recognized as one of the greatest philosophers in classical China, Chu Hsi (1130-1200) is known in the West through translations of one of his many works, the Chin-ssu Lu. This study offers an examination of Chu Hsi's religious thought, based on readings of both primary and secondary sources.
Tsari has long been a place of symbolic and ritual significance for Tibetan peoples. This text explores the traditions of ritual there focusing on the 1940s and 1950s and documenting Tibetan life patterns and cultural traditions which have largely disappeared with the advent of Chinese colonialism.
This text provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of religion in China and its contours in China and Taiwan today. Tracing common themes, Adler highlights the ways in which religion has influenced cultural change.
Keesing studies how the Kwaio have held on to their traditional ways despite 125 years of European colonialism and a militantly Christian national culture.
Renowned scholar Burton Watson's translation exactingly depicts the life and teachings of the great ninth-century Chinese Zen master Lin-chi, one of the most highly regarded of the T'ang period masters.
Studies the travel accounts of four British travelers during the nineteenth century. This book examines and questions Edward Said's concept of Orientalism and Orientalist discourse: his argument that the orientalist view had such a strong influence on westerners that they invariably perceived the orient through the lens of orientalism.
Explores the history of the interpretation of Japanese mythology, the Japanese attraction to this act of historical grounding, and the varying identities that emerged during different historical periods.
Orientalism and Religion offers a timely discussion of the implications of contemporary post-colonial theory for the study of religion. It draws on post-structuralist and post-colonial thinkers to reflect on Religion and Indology.