Chinese Religion - A Contextual Approach

Informationen zum Autor Xinzhong Yao is Professor of Chinese Religion at King's College London, UK, and author of An Introduction to Confucianism (Cambridge University Press 2000). Yanxia Zhao is Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Wales, Lampeter, UK, and author of Father and Son in Confucianism and Christianity: A Comparative Study of Xunzi and Paul (Sussex Academic Press, 2007).   Zusammenfassung Offers an introduction to the field of Chinese religion and culture. This work seeks to guide readers through some of the primary source material and to introduce them to continuing, contemporary debates and interpretations of religious ideas, concepts and practices in China and beyond.

Product details

• Authors: Xinzhong Yao, Yanxia Zhao
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.03.2010
• EAN: 9781847064752
• ISBN: 978-1-84706-475-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; China, RELIGION / Eastern, Oriental Religions, Chinese folk religion, RELIGION / Folk & Tribal