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.

Product details

• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2023
• EAN: 9789004532991
• ISBN: 978-90-04-53299-1
• No. of pages: 660
• Series: Religion in Chinese Societies
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics