Faith and Politics: (New) Confucianism as Civil Religion
This paper discusses how, in contemporary China, politico-religious narratives that reiterate the country’s Confucian tradition serve to create a sense of belonging and sharedness in a community, and provide a way to interpret this community and the contemporary Chinese nation as having a divine mis...
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Language: | English |
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University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
2014-05-01
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Series: | Asian Studies |
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Online Access: | https://journals.uni-lj.si/as/article/view/1005 |