A Spiritual Geography of Early Chinese Thought: Gods, Ancestors, and Afterlife

ISBN-13: 9781350262171 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 240 str.

UK) Winslett Justin (University of Sheffield

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List of Tables Introduction Part I. High Gods and their Critics 1. Heaven and the High God(s) in Early China 2. Heaven in the Xunzi, Mozi and Zhuangzi 3. The Depersonalization of Heaven? Part II. Gods and “the Philosophers” 4. Was Confucius a Theist? 5. Mencius on Heaven Part III. Ancestors and Afterlife 6. The Soul and the Afterlife 7. Sacrifice Part IV. A Deeper Dive 8. The Evolutionary Psychology of Chinese Religion 9. Lesser Deities of the Pre-Imperial Era Appendix: The Curious Case of Dong Shongshu Notes Bibliography Index