Religious diversity and public religion in China / Zhibin Xie
- Bib ID:
- 3888295
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Xie, Zhibin, 1970-
- Description:
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- Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2006
- viii, 160 p. ; 25 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780754656487
- 0754656489
- Summary:
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"This book addresses the issue of public religion and its implications in Chinese society. Zhibin Xie explores various normative considerations concerning the appropriate role of religion in public political life in a democratic culture. Besides drawing on the theoretical discourse on religion in the public sphere from Western academics, it holds that the issue of religion in Chinese politics should be addressed by paying attention to characteristics of religious diversity and its political context in China. This leads to a position of liberal-'constrained public religion' in China, which encourages religious contribution to the public sphere as a substantial component of religious liberty in China on the one hand and proposes some constraints both upon government and religions for regulating religious political discourse on the other."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. The publicness of religion
- 2. Liberal restraint on religion in public political culture
- 3. Criticisms of liberal restraint
- 4. Religion in modern democratic pluralistic society
- 5. Religion in China
- 6. The political context of religion in China
- 7. Religious liberty and the public role of religion
- 8. Religious diversity and Chinese political culture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2006
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