Topic Index
Religion in China: An Overview
Introduction to Living in the Chinese Cosmos
The Chinese Cosmos: Basic Concepts
19th Century: Intrusion of “the West” and Assault on Traditional Chinese Thought
Religion in China Today: Reemergence of Traditional Practices and the Question of National Identity
Popular Religion & Beliefs
What Is Popular Religion?
Settling the Dead: Funerals, Memorials, and Beliefs Concerning the Afterlife
The Jade Emperor and Other Gods of the Heavenly Domain
The Kitchen God and Other Gods of the Earthly Domain
The Ten Magistrates of the Underworld Realm
The State & Imperial Legitimacy
The Confucian Classics and the Civil Service Examinations
Temples of the State Cult
The Emperor in the Cosmic Order
Institutional Religion: The Three Teachings
Defining “Daoism”: A Complex History
Buddhism: The “Imported” Tradition
Confucius and the “Confucian Tradition”
Religion, the State, & Imperial Legitimacy
The Confucian Classics and the Civil Service Examinations
Temples of the State Cult
The Emperor in the Cosmic Order