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Author Huang, Jinxing, author.

Title Confucianism and sacred space : the Confucius temple from imperial China to today / Chin-shing Huang ; translated by Jonathan Chin with Chin-shing Huang
Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 333 pages)
Contents Introduction: the Confucius temple as a ritual system: manifestations of power, belief, and legitimacy in traditional China -- Expanding the symbolic meaning and function of the rites: the evolution of Confucius temples in imperial China -- Confucianism as a religion: a comparative study of traditional Chinese religions -- Sages and saints: a comparative study of canonization in Confucianism and Christianity -- The cultural politics of autocracy: the Confucius temple and Ming despotism, 1368-1530 -- Xunzi: the Confucius temple's absentee -- The disenchantment with Confucianism in modern China -- The lonely Confucius temples across the Taiwan straits: the difficult transformation of modern China's traditional culture -- Conclusion: reflections on my study of Confucianism as a religion
Summary "Confucianism and Sacred Space uses the site of the Confucius temple to explore Confucianism both as one of China's "three religions" (with Buddhism and Daoism) and as a cultural phenomenon, from the imperial era and to its secular garb under the Communists. This translation draws on Chin-shing Huang's two monographs and numerous published articles to provide a holistic picture of his decades-long research into Confucius temples. An introduction gives a historical overview and pulls the pieces together"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (JSTOR, viewed on December 02, 2020)
Subject Temples, Confucian -- China
Confucianism -- China
RELIGION / Confucianism
Confucianism
Temples, Confucian
China
Form Electronic book
Author Chin, Jonathan (Translator), translator.
LC no. 2020014409
ISBN 0231552890
9780231552899