Marxism and religion / edited by Lü Daji and Gong Xuezeng ; translated by Chi Zhen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Daji, Lü, editor.

Xuezeng, Gong, editor.

Zhen, Chi, translator.

Series:

Religious studies in contemporary China collection ; Volume 4.

Religious Studies in Contemporary China Collection ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism and Christianity.

Communism and religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (435 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Marxism and Religion leading Chinese scholars unfold before our eyes theoretical explorations of religion in present-day China. In addition, they along with senior cadres superintending religious affairs strenuously explain why the Marxist view of religion still has relevance to living religions in a country undergoing deep changes unleashed by the late paramount leader Deng Xiaoping’s reform and opening-up policies. Mistakenly perceived by so many westerners as outdated and dogmatic quasi-scholarly work in the service of communist regime’s propaganda, studies selected here are brainchildren of a group of creative and reform-minded scholars and cadres who endeavor to uphold Marxist traditions while innovatively sinicizing them, hoping that their efforts will contribute to the ruling party’s ideological reconstruction. Contributors include: Fang Litian, Gao Shining, Gong Xuezeng, He Qimin, Jin Ze, Li Xiangping, Lü Daji, Wang Xiaochao, Wang Zuo’an, Ye Xiaowen, Zhu Xiaoming, and Zhuo Xinping.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction: Opiate of the Masses with Chinese Characteristics: Recent Chinese Scholarship on the Meaning and Future of Religion / Thomas David DuBois 杜博思 and Zhen Chi 池桢

1 The Nature and Substance of the Study of Religion: A Critical Perspective from the Development of Modern Western Religious Studies (从对近代西方宗教学发展的审思探讨宗教学的性质和内容 构成) / Daji Lü 吕大吉

2 Theories of Religion in Contemporary China (中国当代宗教 理论) / Xinping Zhuo 卓新平

3 An Overall Inquiry into the Role Religion Plays in the Strategy of Cultural Development (全面研究宗教在文化发展战略中的地位 与作用) / Ze Jin 金泽

4 The Social Dimension of Religion and Its Representation: A Fundamental Thesis of Chinese Sociology of Religion (宗教社会性及 其表达——中国宗教社会学的基本命题) / Xiangping Li 李向平

5 A Tentative Analysis of the Relationship between Modernization and New Religions (试论现代化与新兴宗教的关系) / Shining Gao 高师宁

6 The Development of Modern Society and the Evolution of Religion (现代社会的发展和宗教的演变) / Qimin He 何其敏

7 A Theoretical Examination of and Reflection on the Global Revival of Religion (关于全球宗教复兴的理论分析与思考) / Xiaochao Wang 王晓朝

8 An Outline of the Basic Theories and Development of Marx and Engels’ Historical Materialist View of Religion (概说马克思、恩格斯历史 唯物主义宗教观的基本理论与历史发展) / Daji Lü 吕大吉

9 A Comprehensive Understanding and Scientific Appraisal of Leninist Perspectives on Religion (全面把握、科学评价列宁主义宗教观) / Xuezeng Gong 龚学增

10 A Survey of Marxist Perspectives on Religion in New China (新中国马克 思主义宗教观研究概述) / Xuezeng Gong 龚学增

11 On the Sinicized Marxist View of Religion (论中国化马克思主 义宗教观) / Litian Fang 方立天

12 On the Socialist View of Religion with Chinese Characteristics (论中国 特色社会主义宗教观) / Xiaoming Zhu 朱晓明

13 A Brief Discussion on Theories of Religion and Legal Reconstruction over the Past Twelve Years (略谈十二年来我国的宗教理论和法 制建设) / Xiaowen Ye 叶小文

14 Building a Harmonious Society and New Ideas of Religious Work (构建 和谐社会与宗教工作新理念) / Zuoan Wang 王作安

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-474-2802-1

OCLC:

872634408

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047428022 DOI