The relation between Confucianism and Chinese politics: history, actuality, and future
This article analyzes the relation between Confucianism and Chinese politics in the history, actuality, and future. The focus is on the special relationship between Confucianism and Chinese politics. First, the author provides a brief historical reflection on the relationship between Confucianism an...
| Subtitles: | Symposium: Debating religion and public life in contemporary China |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2020]
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| In: |
Journal of law and religion
Year: 2020, Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 138-148 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Politics
/ Jiang, Qing 1953-
/ Confucianism
/ State religion
/ Chen, Ming 1962-
/ Civil religion
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
Civil Religion
B state religion B Chinese politics B Confucianism |
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| Summary: | This article analyzes the relation between Confucianism and Chinese politics in the history, actuality, and future. The focus is on the special relationship between Confucianism and Chinese politics. First, the author provides a brief historical reflection on the relationship between Confucianism and Chinese traditional politics and develops three dimensions for such an interpretation. Second, the author explains the need for a Confucian renaissance in contemporary Chinese politics. The article then turns to the contemporary controversy about Confucianism and Chinese politics in mainland China. Jiang Qing's conception of Confucianism as state religion is then juxtaposed with Chen Ming's articulation of Confucianism as civil religion. In conclusion, the author argues that Confucianism should serve as an ethical resource for the state constitution, as well as a resource for social governance and cultivation. |
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| ISSN: | 2163-3088 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of law and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/jlr.2020.2 |