From trustworthiness to secular beliefs : : changing concepts of xin from traditional to modern Chinese / / edited by Philip Clart, Christian Meyer.

• Superior document: Religion in Chinese societies ; Volume 19
• TeilnehmendeR: Meyer, Christian, 1971-; Clart, Philip , 1963-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : BRILL,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Religion in Chinese societies ; Volume 19.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

"What does the Chinese term xin mean? How does it relate to the concept of faith in a Western sense? How far does it still denote "being trustworthy" in its ancient Confucian sense? When did major shifts occur in its long history of semantics that allowed later Christian missionaries to use the term regularly as a translation for the concept of believing in gods or God? This volume offers a broad picture of the semantic history of this Chinese term, throwing light on its semantic multi-layeredness shaped by changing discursive contexts, interactions between various ideological milieus, and transcultural encounters".

Table of Contents

An Overview: A Short Genealogy of Faith in the Western History of Philosophy and Theology and a Chinese Perspective / Jiang Manke -- From Trust in the Buddha to the Belief in the One God-xin as a Buddhist, Manichaean and Christian Concept in Early Medieval China / Max Deeg -- Xin in the Discourse on Conversion among Tzuchians in Shanghai / Huang Weishan.