Modern Chinese Religion I (2 Vols.) - Song-Liao-Jin-Yuan (960-1368 Ad)

Defining religion as "value systems in practice", Modern Chinese Religion is a multi-disciplinary work that shows the processes of rationalization and interiorization at work in the rituals, self-cultivation practices, thought, and iconography of Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism in the 10th-14th centuries.

About the author

John Lagerwey, Ph.D. (1975), Harvard University, is Professor of Chinese Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is co-editor of Early Chinese Religion (Brill, 2009-10) and author of China, a religious state (HKU, 2010).
Pierre Marsone, Ph.D. (2001), Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (EPHE), is Directeur d'études at the EPHE and author of Wang Chongyang et la fondation du Quanzhen: ascètes taoïstes et alchimie intérieure (Paris, Collège de France, 2010) and La Steppe et l'Empire: la formation de la dynastie Khitan (Liao)(Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2011).

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.2019
• EAN: 9789004393448
• ISBN: 978-90-04-39344-8
• No. of pages: 1716
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 236 mm x 97 mm
• Weight: 2608 g
• Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies.
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions