The religious dimensions of Confucianism

by Rodney Leon Taylor

Paperback, 1990

Publication

Imprint: Albany : State University of New York Press, c1990. Series: SUNY Series in Religious Studies. Responsibility: Rodney L. Taylor. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xiii, 198 pages ; 23 cm. Features: Includes glossary, index.

Call number

Commentary / Taylo

Barcode

BK-02330

ISBN

0791403122 / 9780791403129

CSS Library Notes

Description: The role of Confucianism in the development of East Asian Cultures has only recently begun to be fully appreciated. Even with this recognition, there is still little understanding of the tradition as a religious tradition. This book presents Confucianism as a religious tradition. In no other book has there been a sustained presentation of the many and varied religious dimensions of the tradition. -- from publisher

Table of Contents: Introduction
I. Confucianism and the Political Order: Religion Poised in Risk
II. Scripture and the Sage: On the Question of a Confucian Scripture
III. The Sage as Saint: A Study in Religious Categories
IV. The Centered Self: Confucian Religious Autobiography
V. Proposition and Praxis in Neo-Confucian Syncretism
VI. The Sudden/Gradual Paradigm and Neo-Confucian Mind Cultivation
VII. Mediation and Ming Neo-Orthodoxy
VIII. The Problem of Suffering: Christian and Confucian Dimensions
IX. Modernity and Religion: A Contemporary Confucian Response

FY1991 / FY2015 /

Physical description

xiii, 198 p.; 23 cm

Description

The role of Confucianism in the development of East Asian Cultures has only recently begun to be fully appreciated. Even with this recognition, there is still little understanding of the tradition as a religious tradition. This book presents Confucianism as a religious tradition. In no other book has there been a sustained presentation of the many and varied religious dimensions of the tradition.

Language

Original language

English
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