Book
Religious trends in modern China
Columbia University Press • (3) • Published In 1953 • Pages: xv, 327
By: Chan, Wing-tsit.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is a summary of changes introduced into the traditional religious and quasi-religious beliefs and attitudes in China by socio-cultural changes during the last fifty years. The author treats changes in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, and discusses the evolution of Islam in China. Separate chapters are devoted to the respectively representative collective beliefs of the masses and the intellectuals. There is considerable discussion of the content of the various new trends of thought in each religious group. A bibliography of Western works with the transliterated titles of Chinese books and periodicals is given.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Religious beliefs
- General character of religion
- Theological systems
- Religious denominations
- Philosophy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Han Chinese
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Leslie L. Clark ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1948-1949
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1858-1950
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- People's Republic of China
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Wing-tsit Chan
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-281)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 53007012
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Religious thought--China
- China--Religion