Interrelatedness in Chinese Religious Traditions

An Intercultural Philosophy

Dr Diana Arghirescu (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

272 Seiten

2024
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-25689-7 (ISBN)

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The study of religions is essential for understanding other cultures, building a sense of belonging in a multicultural world and fostering a global intercultural dialogue. Exploring Chinese religions as one interlocutor in this dialogue, Diana Arghirescu engages with Song-dynasty Confucian and Buddhist theoretical developments through a detailed study of the original texts of the Chan scholar-monk Qisong (1007-1072) and the Neo-Confucian master Zhu Xi (1130-1200). Starting with these figures, she builds an interpretive theory focusing on “ethical interrelatedness” and proposes it as a theoretical tool for the study of the Chinese religious traditions.

By actively engaging with other contemporary theories of religion and refusing to approach Chinese religions with Western frameworks, Arghirescu’s comparative perspective makes it possible to uncover differences between the various Western and Chinese cultural presuppositions upon which these theories are built. As such, this book breaks new ground in the methodology of religious studies, comparative philosophy and furthers our understanding of the Confucian-Buddhist interaction.

Diana Arghirescu is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Research Director of the Observatoire de l’Asie de l’Est at the University of Québec at Montreal, Canada.

Introduction: Intercultural Philosophical Approach and Cultural Presuppositions

Part I. Western Theories and Cultural Presuppositions
1. Classical Theories of Western Philosophy of Religion: A Brief Examination of their Foundations
2. Contemporary Western Theories of Religion: An Analysis of their Presuppositions

Part II. Chinese Cultural Presuppositions: Interrelatedness as Sameness in Chinese Religions and Philosophies
3. Zhu Xi’s Meaning of the Good (shan) and its Practice: A Hermeneutical Study of Ethical Interrelatedness as Organic and Moral Growth
4. Chan Monk-scholar Qisong’s Meaning of the Sameness (tong) and its Practice: Ethical Interrelatedness as Interaction between Heart-mind and Names

Part III. Ethical Interrelatedness
5. A Philosophical Theory for Chinese Religions

Part IV. Contemporary Approaches to Chinese Religious Traditions
6. A Comparative Perspective: Similarities and Differences

Conclusion

Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	12.12.2022
Reihe/Serie	Bloomsbury Studies in World Philosophies
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Geschichte der Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Östliche Philosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
ISBN-10	1-350-25689-7 / 1350256897
ISBN-13	978-1-350-25689-7 / 9781350256897
Zustand	Neuware