Turning Ghosts into Ancestors in Contemporary Urban China
Understanding contemporary religious life in China requires a religious imagination freed from the preconceptions of monotheism. By Anna Sun
Category: Chinese Religions and Traditions
The Advice of Mencius
The central focus of Mencius’s thinking was how to let our goodness blossom and how to prevent ourselves from falling prey to immorality. By Jin Li
Zhu Xi’s Breakthrough
Zhu Xi proposed that each of us must cultivate “reverential attention” so that together we might create more harmonious communities. By Stephen C. Angle
Fei Xiaotong’s Humanism Infuses “From the Soil”
An appreciation of From the Soil: The Foundations of Chinese Society. A Translation of Fei Xiaotong’s Xiangtu Zhongguo. By Anna Sun
The Thorny Paths of Su Xuelin
This Chinese writer’s artistic and scholarly activities, and her ties to other women, were closely related to her practice and study of religion. By Zhange Ni
Morality Begins at the Top
We can learn from Confucian perspectives on morality and leadership. By J. C. Cleary
Christianity’s New Guises in China
Christianity takes on new guises in China. By Sunny Lee
Rooted in Humanity, Extended to Heaven
Many of the best new ideas emerge from consideration of the questions others have posed long ago, living in diverse landscapes fraught with tension, disagreement, and uncertainty. By Tu Weiming
A Mission to China Debriefed
Eric Reinders’s Borrowed Gods and Foreign Bodies: Christian Missionaries Imagine Chinese Religion. By Patrick Provost-Smith
