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A spiritual geography of early Chinese thought : gods, ancestors and afterlife / Kelly James Clark, Justin Winslett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clark, Kelly James, author.
- Winslett, Justin, author.
- Series:
- Bloomsbury studies in philosophy of religion
- Bloomsbury Studies in Philosophy of Religion
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--Religion.
- China.
- China--Religious life and customs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (256 pages).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I: Gods High and Low. 1. Heaven and the High Gods in Early Chinese Thought ; 2. Heaven in the Xunzi, Mozi and Zhuangzi ; 3. Lesser Gods of the Pre-Imperial Era ; 4. The Depersonalization of Heaven?
- Part II: Gods and "the Philosophers" 3. The Evolutionary Psychology of Chinese Religion ; 4. The Myth of Confucius and Confucianism ; 5. Was Confucius a Theist? ; 6. Mencius on Heaven ; 7. The Evolutionary Psychology of Chinese Religion
- Part III: Ancestors and Afterlife. 8. The Soul and the Afterlife
- Part IV: The Moral Salience of Gods, Ancestors and Afterlife. 9. Sacrifice
- Appendix: The Curious Case of Dong Zhongshu
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9781350262201
- 135026220X
- 9781350262195
- 1350262196
- Publisher Number:
- 99992949574
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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