Religious life in history series. 

xxiv, 182 pages : 24 cm.; Table of Chinese Religious History --Time Line of Chinese Religious History --1.Early Chinese Worldview --2.Prescientific Theory and Religious Practice --3.Family: Kindred and Ancestors --4.Community: Gods and Temples --5.State: Emperor and Officials --6.Three Ways to Ultimate Transformation: (1) Taoist Tradition --7.Three Ways to Ultimate Transformation: (2) Literati Tradition --8.Three Ways to Ultimate Transformation: (3) Buddhist Tradition --9.Their Separate Ways: Cults and Sects --10.Festival Year --11.Traditional Chinese Religion as Means of Coping --12.Disruption of Tradition --Appendix 1 The Canons of the Three Traditions --Appendix 2 The Mind or Heart Scripture of Perfect Wisdom --Appendix 3 The Heaven-Honored One of the Primal Beginnings Speaks the Scripture of the Precious Names of the Three Controllers.; Laurence Thompson's Chinese Religion: An Introduction, Fifth Edition is unique in its presentation of religious expression as a manifestation of Chinese culture. Part of Wadsworth's Religious Life in History Series, this accessible introduction to Chinese religion adheres to the Series' fundamental mission to explore religion as a means to "ultimate transformation." Continuing to expand on that theme, the author has added a new chapter to this edition that views Chinese religion as a means of coping with existential problems. The Fifth Edition also includes new suggested readings that explore current developments in this rapidly evolving field.; 

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