Paradigm Shifts in Early and Modern Chinese Religion: A History, volume 34 section 4: China

From the fifth century BC to the present and dealing with Confucianism, Daoism, Buddhism, and popular religion, this book explores the four periods of paradigm shift in the intertwined histories of Chinese religion, politics, and culture. It serves as the introduction to the eight-volume Early and Modern Chinese Religion . Contents 5 Preface 7 Preliminaries 9 Chapter 1 Intellectual Change in the Warring States and Han (481 BC–220 AD) 13 1 Paradigm Shift in the Warring States 13 2 The Attack on Shamanism 16 3 The Emergence of Self-Cultivation Practice 29 4 The Philosophical Preparation of Political Unity 39 5 Han Religion 51 6 Changing Theories of Illness 55 Chapter 2 Religious Transformation in the Period of Division (220–589 AD) 68 1 The Three Teachings and Shamanism 68 2 Religious Communities 73 3 Rituals 84 4 Scriptures 93 5 Literature 100 6 Sacred Geography 112 7 Popular Religion 124 Chapter 3 Religion and Thought in the Song, Jin, and Yuan (960–1368) 131 1 “Modern China” 131 2 State Religion 144 3 Local Society 150 4 Daoism in the Song and Jin 161 5 Buddhism in the Song 171 6 Confucianism in the Song 184 Chapter 4 Structuring Values 1850–2015 207 1 Religion and Modernity 207 2 Economics 223 3 Science and Scientism 229 4 Gender 238 5 Spirit Writing, Redemptive Societies, and Charity Halls 249 6 Charismatic Christianity 263 By Way of Conclusion 270 Bibliography of Chapters Cited 287 Index 292 "From the fifth century BC to the present and dealing with the Three Teachings (Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism) as well as popular religion, this introduction to the eight-volume Early and Modern Chinese Religion explores key ideas and events in four periods of paradigm shift in the intertwined histories of Chinese religion, politics, and culture. It shows how, in the Chinese church-state, elite processes of rationalization, interiorization, and secularization are at work in every period of major change and how popular religion gradually emerges to a position of dominance by means of a long history of at once resisting, adapting to, and collaborating with elite-driven change. Topics covered include ritual, scripture, philosophy, state policy, medicine, sacred geography, gender, and the economy. It also serves as the basis for an on-line Coursera course"-- Provided by publisher