VARIETIES OF CONFUCIAN EXPERIENCE : : documenting a grassroots revival of tradition.

Although the development of a \'popular\' brand of Confucianism in China is today a massive phenomenon, research on the topic remains scarce. Based on fieldwork carried out by a team of scholars in different parts of the country, the ambition of The Varieties of Confucian Experience is to...

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Superior document:Religion in Chinese societies ; 14
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Place / Publishing House:LEIDEN : : BRILL,, 2018.
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Religion in Chinese Societies 14.
Physical Description:1 online resource (361 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page
  • Acknowledgements
  • Illustrations
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Introduction / Sébastien Billioud
  • The Birth of a New Religion: The Development of the Confucian Congregation in Southeast China* / Na Chen , Lizhu Fan and Jinguo Chen
  • Making a Virtue of Piety: Dizigui and the Discursive Practice of Jingkong’s Network / Zhe Ji
  • Popular Groups Promoting “The Religion of Confucius” in the Chinese Southwest and Their Activities since the Nineteenth Century (1840–2013): An Observation Centered on Yunnan’s Eryuan County and Environs* / Chien-Chuan Wang
  • Belief and Faith: The Situation and Development of Confucianism in Yunnan Province* / Yun-ying Chung
  • Civil Spirituality and Confucian Piety Today: The Activities of Confucian Temples in Qufu, Taipei, and Changchun / Takahiro Nakajima
  • The Revival of Traditional Culture and Religious Experience in Modern Urban Life: The Example of the Changchun Confucius Temple / Tsuyoshi Ishii
  • Contemporary Confucius Temples Life in Mainland China: Report from the Field / Anna Sun
  • Rites Bridging the Ancient and Modern: The Revival of Offerings at Urban Ancestral Temples / Bisheng Chen
  • An Adventure Called “Sishu”: The Tensions and Vagaries of a “Holistic” Educational Experience (zhengti jiaoyu) in Today’s Rural China / Guillaume Dutournier and Yuchen Wang
  • Confucian Revival and the Media: The CCTV “Lecture Room” Program / Fabrice Dulery
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography
  • Index.