Religious Diversity and Public Religion in China

by Zhibin Xie

This book addresses the issue of public religion and its implications in Chinese society. Zhibin Xie explores various normative considerations concerning the appropriate role of religion in public political life in a democratic culture. Besides drawing on the theoretical discourse on religion in the public sphere from Western academics, it holds that the issue of religion in Chinese politics should be addressed by paying attention to characteristics of religious diversity and its political context in China. This leads to a position of "liberal-constrained public religion" in China, which encourages religious contribution to the public sphere as a substantial component of religious liberty in China on the one hand and proposes some constraints both upon government and religions for regulating religious political discourse on the other.

168 pages, Hardcover

First published December 11, 2006

Reviews

[Kuu · Rating 3 out of 5]

(3.5, would have been 4 if not for the ableism)
generally xie gives a good overview over the topic but please do not refer to disabled children as defective thanks