A spiritual geography of early Chinese thought : gods, ancestors and afterlife /: gods, ancestors and afterlife. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kelly James Clark, Justin Winslett.
• Authors: Clark, Kelly James; Winslett, Justin
• Contents: Introduction -- Part I: Gods High and Low. 1. Heaven and the High Gods in Early Chinese Thought ; 2. Heaven in the Xunzi, Mozi and Zhuangzi ; 3. Lesser Gods of the Pre-Imperial Era ; 4. The Depersonalization of Heaven? -- Part II: Gods and "the Philosophers" 3. The Evolutionary Psychology of Chinese Religion ; 4. The Myth of Confucius and Confucianism ; 5. Was Confucius a Theist? ; 6. Mencius on Heaven ; 7. The Evolutionary Psychology of Chinese Religion -- Part III: Ancestors and Afterlife. 8. The Soul and the Afterlife -- Part IV: The Moral Salience of Gods, Ancestors and Afterlife. 9. Sacrifice -- Appendix: The Curious Case of Dong Zhongshu -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: London [England] : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource (256 pages)
• Subjects: 200.951; Religion; China -- Religion; China -- Religious life and customs; Chine -- Religion; China; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350262201; 9781350262195; 1350262196
• Related ISBNs: 135026220X; 9781350262218; 9781350262171
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.