Religion in Chinese Society / C. K. Yang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yang, C. K., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (488 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2020

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1961.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION

II. RELIGION IN THE INTEGRATION OF THE FAMILY

III. RELIGION IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC GROUPS

IV. COMMUNAL ASPECTS OF POPULAR CULTS

V. POLITICAL ROLE OF CHINESE RELIGION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

VI. OPERATION OF THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN

VII. ETHICOPOLITICAL CULTS:

VIII. STATE CONTROL OF RELIGION

IX. RELIGION AND POLITICAL REBELLION

X. RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF CONFUCIANISM IN ITS DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE

XI. RELIGION AND THE TRADITIONAL MORAL ORDER

XII. DIFFUSED AND INSTITUTIONAL RELIGION IN CHINESE SOCIETY

XIII. THE CHANGING ROLE OF RELIGION IN PRE-COMMUNIST CHINESE SOCIETY

XIV. COMMUNISM AS A NEW FAITH

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

APPENDIX 1. Functional Classification of Major Temples in Eight Localities

APPENDIX 2. Alphabetical List of Temple Names in Transliteration and in Chinese from Appendix

APPENDIX 3. Terms, Phrases, and Proper Names in Transliteration and in Chinese

INDEX

Notes:

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780520318380

0520318382

OCLC:

1202624525