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Title

Chinese religions : beliefs and practices / Jeaneane and Merv Fowler.

Author

Fowler, Jeaneane D.

Publication

Brighton ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2008.

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Additional Authors

Fowler, Merv.

Description

ix, 320 p. ; ill.; 22 cm.

Series Statement

The Sussex library of religious beliefs and practices

Subject

• China > Religion

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-296) and index.

Contents

Ancient China : the three dynasties -- The Hsia/Xia dynasty -- The Shang dynasty -- The Chou/Zhou dynasty -- The age of the philosophers -- Rhythms of the universe -- The book of changes : the I Ching/Yijing -- Yin and Yang -- The five agents -- Confucianism -- The Ju/Ru tradition -- Confucius -- The analects -- Teachings -- The Confucian classics -- Confucian development -- Confucianism in formation -- Meng-tzu/Mengzi and Hsün-tzu/Xunzi -- Confucianism in adaptation -- Classical taoism -- What is taoism -- Lao-tzu/Laozi and the Tao te Ching/Daodejing -- Chuang-tzu/Zhuangzi -- Lieh-tzu/Liezi -- Tao -- Creation and reversal -- Te/De -- Wu-wei : non-action -- Tzu-jan/Ziran : naturalness and spontaneity -- Buddhism -- The advent of Buddhism in China -- The Tien-tai/Tiantai (Jap. Tendai) School -- Hua-yen/Huayan -- Devotional Buddhism -- Pure land Buddhism -- Religious Taoism -- Historical development -- Alchemy -- Life beyond earth -- Religious praxis -- Immortals -- Sages -- Neo-Confucianism -- The transforming face of Confucianism -- The place of women in Confucian culture -- The five masters -- The dissemination of Confucianism -- Modern new Confucianism -- Ch'an Buddhism -- Bodhidharma -- Hui-k'o/Huike -- Hui-neng/Huineng -- The Zen movement after Hui-Neng -- The five houses -- Kuei-yang/Guiyang (Jap. Igyo) and the circular figures -- Lin-chi/Linji (Jap. Rinzai) and shouting and beating -- Koan practice -- The master-pupil relationship -- Ts'ao-tung (Jap. Soto) and the formula of the five ranks -- Yun-men/Yunmen (Jap. Ummon) and the "pass of a single word" -- Fa-yen/Fayan (Jap. Hogen) and the inner unity of the six marks of being -- The sung/song period -- Meditation -- Popular religion -- What is popular religion? -- Deities of popular religion -- The calendar -- Festivals -- Popular praxis -- Chinese religions today -- Communist China -- Confucianism -- Taoism -- Buddhism -- Popular religion -- Influences of Chinese religions in the West.

Call Number

*OVR 08-4507

ISBN

• 9781845191726 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 1845191722 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007021156

OCLC

137305734

Author

Fowler, Jeaneane D.

Title

Chinese religions : beliefs and practices / Jeaneane and Merv Fowler.

Imprint

Brighton ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2008.

Series

The Sussex library of religious beliefs and practices

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 266-296) and index.

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Added Author

Fowler, Merv.

Research Call Number

*OVR 08-4507