From Trustworthiness to Secular Beliefs Changing Concepts of Xin 信 From Traditional to Modern Chinese

This volume excavates the genealogy of xin 信-a term that has become the modern Chinese counterpart for the English word "faith." More than twenty experts trace its religious and non-religious roots in several traditions, including Confucian, Buddhist, Daoist, Muslim, Christian, Japanese, popular religious, and modern secular contexts.

About the author

Philip Clart, Ph.D. (1997), University of British Columbia, is Professor of Chinese Culture and History at Leipzig University, Germany, and editor of the Journal of Chinese Religions.

Christian Meyer, Dr. phil. (2003), Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, is Professor of Chinese Culture and History with a focus on religions at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. He has published on modern debates on religion and the history of religious studies in China.

Product details

• Assisted by: Christian Meyer (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.03.2023
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions
• EAN: 9789004532991
• ISBN: 978-90-04-53299-1
• Pages: 644
• Dimensions (packing): 15.5 x 23.4 x 3.7 cm
• Weight (packing): 1,089 g
• Series: Religion in Chinese Societies > 19
• Subjects: Buddhismus, China, Semantik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik, Taoismus, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, Religion - World Religions, RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist), RELIGION / Taoism (see also PHILOSOPHY / Taoist), RELIGION / Confucianism