Marxism and ReligionIn Marxism and Religion leading Chinese scholars and senior cadres introduce theoretical explorations of religion as well as half scholarly and ideological reformulations of Marxist perspectives on religion, an edifice earning mixed reception in China’s kaleidoscopic religious life. |
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Contents
Opiate of the Masses with Chinese Characteristics Recent Chinese Scholarship on the Meaning and Future of Religion | 1 |
Part One
Theories of Religious Study | 21 |
A Critical Perspective from the Development of Modern Western Religious Studies
| 23 |
2 Theories of Religion in Contemporary China
| 47 |
3 An Overall Inquiry into the Role Religion Plays in the Strategy of Cultural Development
| 81 |
A Fundamental Thesis of Chinese Sociology of Religion
| 95 |
5 A Tentative Analysis of the Relationship between Modernization and
New Religions
| 134 |
6 The Development of Modern Society and the Evolution of Religion | 156 |
8 An Outline of the Basic Theories and Development of Marx and Engels
Historical Materialist View of Religion | 207 |
9 A Comprehensive Understanding and Scientific Appraisal of Leninist
Perspectives on Religion
| 263 |
10 A Survey of Marxist Perspectives on Religion in New China | 292 |
11 On the Sinicized Marxist View of Religion | 321 |
12 On the Socialist View of Religion with Chinese Characteristics | 348 |
13 A Brief Discussion on Theories of Religion and Legal Reconstruction
over the Past Twelve Years
| 376 |
14 Building a Harmonious Society and New Ideas of Religious Work | 387 |
Bibliography
| 397 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Marxism and Religion Religious Studies in Contemporary China Collection |
| Translated by | Chi Zhen |
| Contributors | Daji Lü, Xuezeng Gong |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | BRILL, 2014 |
| ISBN | 9047428021, 9789047428022 |
| Length | 436 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Asia / General History / Middle East / General |
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