Paradigm Shifts in Early and Modern Chinese Religion

John Lagerwey, PhD (1975), Harvard University, in early Chinese literature, is professor of Chinese studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has published widely on Daoist ritual and local religion and organized major projects in the ethnography and history of Chinese religion and society.

Preface

Preliminaries



1 Intellectual Change in the Warring States and Han (481 BC–220 AD)

 1 Paradigm Shift in the Warring States

 2 The Attack on Shamanism

 3 The Emergence of Self-Cultivation Practice

 4 The Philosophical Preparation of Political Unity

 5 Han Religion

 6 Changing Theories of Illness



2 Religious Transformation in the Period of Division (220–589 AD)

 1 The Three Teachings and Shamanism

 2 Religious Communities

 3 Rituals

 4 Scriptures

 5 Literature

 6 Sacred Geography

 7 Popular Religion



3 Religion and Thought in the Song, Jin, and Yuan (960–1368)

 1 “Modern China”

 2 State Religion

 3 Local Society

 4 Daoism in the Song and Jin

 5 Buddhism in the Song

 6 Confucianism in the Song



4 Structuring Values 1850–2015

 1 Religion and Modernity

 2 Economics

 3 Science and Scientism

 4 Gender

 5 Spirit Writing, Redemptive Societies, and Charity Halls

 6 Charismatic Christianity



By Way of Conclusion

Bibliography of Chapters Cited

Index