Why Is Confucianism Not a Religion? The Impact of Orientalism

This study attempts to answer the question why Confucianism, the dominant “teaching” among the Three Teachings, is not a religion in contemporary China, unlike the other two “teachings,” Buddhism and Daoism. By examining this phenomenon in the social-historical context, this study finds its origin i...

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Subtitles:Where are we?
Main Author: Chen, Na (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Open Library of Humanities$s2024- [2016]
In: Zygon
Year: 2016, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-42
Further subjects:B Scientism
B China
B New Culture discourse
B Chinese religion
B Confucianism
B Orientalism
Online Access: Volltext (doi)