Abstract
The Journal for Late Antique Religion and Culture is a full text open access online journal, edited by members and associates of the Centre for Late Antique Religion and Culture and published by Cardiff University Press.
Highlights
These remarks are not meant to be church-critical statements but only to highlight the close connection and interconnection of state and religion in the enlightened west as a historically normal case which can be observed in the history of Chinese religions
After the first foreign religion had arrived in China in the shape of Buddhism competition rose between the autochthonous religions and systems of thinking, Ruism (Confucianism) 儒教 and Daoism, and the newcomer
Especially a foreign, non-Chinese religion claim to bring as a benefit to the state and to the ruling dynasty? If one looks at the rhetoric of
Summary
These remarks are not meant to be church-critical statements but only to highlight the close connection and interconnection of state and religion in the enlightened west as a historically normal case which can be observed in the history of Chinese religions. After the first foreign religion had arrived in China in the shape of Buddhism competition rose between the autochthonous religions and systems of thinking, Ruism (Confucianism) 儒教 and Daoism, and the newcomer.
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