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The Concept of Religion in China and the West

Goossaert, Vincent·2005·Diogenes
DOI 10.1177/0392192105050596
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The religious question in China, which is today marked by various conflicts between the state and unrecognized confessional organizations, can be understood only in a historical perspective. In particular the adoption early in the 20th century of a notion of religion coming directly from the West, and narrowly defined, has justified a policy that grants a relative but controlled freedom to five great religions while actively condemning others, which are seen as ‘superstitions’. The article details the implications of this notion of ‘religion’ in modern and contemporary China and looks at how Chinese religious traditions have adapted to it.

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  • There is a segment of Hong Kong's population that, influenced by PRC rhetoric and May 4th Modernist discourse, has stripped the derogatory connotations from 'superstition' and has internalized the term to continue following popular religion.

    “Thus, there is a segment of Hong Kong's population that, influenced by PRC rhetoric and May 4th Modernist discourse, has stripped the derogatory connotations from 'superstition' and has internalized the term to continue following popular religion (Goossaert 2005).”

    From Chinese popular religion and Hong Kong identity (2015) · cites this paper as Goossaert 2005

  • This intellectual movement included the creation of the very concepts and terms 'religion' and 'supernatural' which did not exist in pre-19th century Chinese.

    “Indeed, this intellectual movement included the creation of the very concepts and terms 'religion' and 'supernatural' which did not exist in pre-19th century Chinese (Goossaert 2005).”

    From Chinese popular religion and Hong Kong identity (2015) · cites this paper as Goossaert 2005

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  1. Bastid-Bruguière, 1998, Liang Qichao yu zongjiao wenti, 70
  2. Lagerwey, 1997, Renouveau religieux en Asie, 3
  3. Nedostup, Rebecca Allyn (2001) ‘Religion, Superstition, and Governing Society in Nationalist China’, PhD dissertation, Columbia University.
  4. Goldfuss, 2001, Vers un bouddhisme du xxe siècle. Yang Wenhui (1837-1911), réformateur laïque et imprimeur

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Authors
Goossaert, V.
Affiliations
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
Corresponding author
Goossaert, Vincent
Venue
Diogenes
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Published
2005-02
Volume
52
Issue
1
Pages
13-20
ISSN
  • 0392-1921 (ISSN-L)
  • 1467-7695
DOI
10.1177/0392192105050596
OpenAlex
W2074965758
Cited by
37
References
8
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
FWCI
1.22
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 6966 d)
Locations
Diogenes (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › Chinese history and philosophy
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Religion and Society Interactions
  • Social Sciences › Law › Religious Freedom and Discrimination
Keywords
concept of religion, Chinese religion, state-religion relations, religious freedom, superstition, Western influence on Chinese thought, religious adaptation, comparative religion

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