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Title:Chinese Religions : Beliefs & Practices
Series:(Religous Beliefs & Practices Series)
Author:Jeaneane Fowler & Merv Fowler
ISBN:1845191722 : 9781845191726
Format:Paperback
Size:152x229mm
Pages:320
Weight: .408 Kg.
Published:Sussex Academic Press - August 2007
List Price: 16.95 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:China: Oriental & Indian philosophy: Religions of Indic & Oriental origin


This book brings together the studies of Jeaneane Fowler in Taoism, Chinese popular religion and the broader canvas of Chinese cosmogony, and those of Merv Fowler in Confucianism, Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism. 'Chinese Religions' requires no previous knowledge and thereby serves as an introduction to the religions of China, and places it in the wider context of Chinese history and philosophy. The facets of Chinese religions are as broad, multilayered and varied as the geographical vastness of China itself, yet so many Chinese beliefs have found their way into the West -- the theory of yin and yang, the I Ching, the Tao Te Ching are good examples. One of the greatest characteristics of Chinese religions is that they encompass virtually every avenue of religious thought throughout the long span of Chinese pre-historic and historical pathways.

Contents include: Ancient China: The Three Dynasties; Religious Taoism; Rhythms of the Universe; Ch’an Buddhism; Confucianism; Pure Land Buddhism; Neo-Confucianism; Popular Religion; Classical Taoism; Chinese Religions Today.