Meaning and Controversy within Chinese Ancestor Religion

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-319-70523-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 433 g

Reihe: Asian Christianity in the Diaspora

Chinese practices related to ancestors have long been the subject of conflicting interpretations. These practices are rooted in the lived experience of practitioners, and therefore need to be considered as embodied expressions of the quest for existential meaning. For practitioners, the achievement of existential meaning requires the inclusion, implication, and mediation of the ancestors. When gestures in ancestor rites are analyzed from this perspective it is possible to appreciate their essence as constitutive of “ancestor religion.” This book uses an inquisitive method that investigates the discrepancies between foreign and local explanations, and proposes another hermeneutic framework for ancestor related praxes.   

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Batairwa Kubuya, Paulin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CH 1 Introduction: Are Ancestors a Problem?.- CH 2 The Hermeneutic Problem within Ancestor Related Practices.- CH 3 The Conflict of Interpretation of Chinese Ancestor Rites.- CH 4 “Our ” Perspective: Indigenous Explanation of Ancestor Rites.- CH 5 Existential Practical Hermeneutic of Ancestor Religion.- CH 6 Conclusion.       

Über Autor(innen)

Paulin Batairwa Kubuya is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Fu Jen Catholic University and Executive Secretary of Taiwan Regional Bishops' Conference-Commissions for Interreligious Dialogue and Ecumenism.