Religious Diversity and Public Religion in China

ISBN-13: 9781032243535 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 168 str.

Zhibin Xie

Opis

This book addresses the issue of public religion and its implications in Chinese society. Zhibin Xie explores various normative considerations concerning the appropriate role of religion in public political life in a democratic culture. Besides drawing on the theoretical discourse on religion in the public sphere from Western academics, it holds th

Recenzje

’Zhibin Xie has written an ambitious and commendable book that makes a timely contribution to academic discussions about religion in China.’ The China Journal ’The strength of this book lies in its philosophical discourse...’ International Bulletin of Missionary Research ’... both an intriguing and courageous book.’ Journal of Chinese Religions

Spis treści

Contents: Introduction. Part I Theory: The Publicness of Religion and Religion in Public Political Culture: The publicness of religion; Liberal restraint on religion in public political cuture; Criticisms of liberal restraint; Religion in modern democratic pluralistic society. Part II Religion and Its Political Context in China: Religion in China; The political context of religion in China. Part III The Appropriate Role of Religion in Public Political Culture in a Democratic China: A Proposal: Religious liberty and the public role of religion; Religious diversity and Chinese political culture. Conclusion; References; Index.

O autorze

Zhibin Xie earned his Ph.D. in philosophy of religion from the University of Hong Kong His area of research is religion and society, Christian theology and public life in particular, and he has published several articles in Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, Logos & Pneuma: Chinese Journal of Theology, Regent Review of Christian Thoughts and Journal for the Study of Christian Culture.