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Title

Marxism and religion / edited by Lü Daji and Gong Xuezeng ; translated by Chi Zhen.

Publication

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2014.

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Additional Authors

• Daji, Lü.
• Xuezeng, Gong.
• Zhen, Chi.
• Lü, Daji
• Gong, Xuezeng
• Chi, Zhen, 1975-
• Lü, Daji

Description

xiv, 421 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

In Marxism and Religion leading Chinese scholars and senior cadres introduce theoretical explorations of religion as well as half scholarly and ideological reformulations of Marxist perspectives on religion, an edifice earning mixed reception in China's kaleidoscopic religious life.

Series Statement

Religious studies in contemporary China collection ; volume 4

Uniform Title

Religious studies in contemporary China collection ; v. 4.

Subjects

• Religion > Philosophy
• China > Religion
• Religion and sociology > China
• Socialism and religion > China
• Communism and religion > China
• Religion and politics
• Communism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographic references (p. [397]-416) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: Opiate of the masses with Chinese characteristics: recent Chinese scholarship on the meaning and future of religion / Thomas David DuBois and Chi Zhen -- The nature and substance of the study of religion: a critical perspective from the development of modern Western religious studies / Lü Daji -- Theories of religion in contemporary China / Zhuo Xinping -- An overall inquiry into the role religion plays in the strategy of cultural development / Jin Ze -- The social dimension of religion and its representation: a fundamental thesis of Chinese sociology of religion / Li Xiangping -- A tentative analysis of the relationship between modernization and new religions / Gao Shining -- The development of modern society and the evolution of religion / He Qimin -- A theoretical examination of and reflection on the global revival of religion / Wang Xiaochao -- An outline of the basic theories and development of Marx and Engels' historical materialist view of religion / Lü Daji -- A comprehensive understanding and scientific appraisal of Leninist perspectives on religion / Gong Xuezeng -- A survey of Marxist perspectives on religion in new China / Gong Xuezeng -- On the sinicized Marxist view of religion / Fang Litian -- On the socialist view of religion with Chinese characteristics / Zhu Xiaoming -- A brief discussion on theories of religion and legal reconstruction over the past twelve years / Ye Xiaowen -- Building a harmonious society and new ideas of religious work / Wang Zuoan.

ISBN

• 9789047428022 (electronic bk.)
• 9047428021 (electronic bk.)
• 9789004174566
• 9004174567

OCLC

• 880899890
• SCSB-11545372

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library