“Protecting the Dao and transmitting the classics”: the new religion to save the world and the Confucian dimension of spirit-writing in Republican China

Abstract In this chapter, Matthias Schumann explores the role of Confucian texts and Confucianism more generally within redemptive societies by examining the case of the Jiushi xinjiao 救世新教 (New Religion to Save the World). He shows how members of the society, many of whom were trained under the tra...

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Main Author: Schumann, Matthias (Author)
Format: Chapter/Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Communicating with the Gods
Year: 2023, Pages: 355-401
DOI:10.1163/9789004677906_011
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004677906_011
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Author Notes:Matthias Schumann