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100 1 $aRenard, John,$d1944-
245 10 $a101 Questions and answers on Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto /$cJohn Renard.
246 3 $aOne hundred one questions and answers on Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto
260 $aNew York :$bPaulist Press,$cc2002.
300 $axii, 243 p. :$bill. ;$c21 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 226-232) and index.
505 0 $aBeginnings and Early Sources -- Who was Confucius and what do traditional accounts tell us about his life? -- What are the origins of "Confucianism"? Who were the Literati? -- How is the Chinese Imperial Tradition (CIT) related to "Confucianism"? -- What were the earliest Confucian sacred texts? Has Confucian tradition included any other sacred texts in its canon? -- Who was Laozi, and what was his connection with the origins of religious Daoism and its scriptures? -- What is religious Daoism and how does it differ from "Chinese Community Traditions" (CCT)? -- Were there other important Daoist scriptures? And did an official canon of Daoist sacred texts ever develop? -- What is Shinto and what are its origins? -- What are the earliest important Shinto sacred texts? -- Were Shinto's sacred texts ever gathered into a formal scriptural canon? -- Are there important "mythic" elements in these traditions? -- Who are some of the principal Shinto deities, apart from those mentioned in the primal myth? -- Development and Spread -- If Confucius and Laozi were not considered divine early on, how did they come to assume so lofty a stature? -- What chief deities and other important sacred personages eventually came to form the Daoist pantheon? -- How have Daoist/CCT history and myth come together in the stories of the Jade Emperor, Guandi, and the Yellow Emperor? -- What was the relationship between religious ritual and the power of the Chinese imperial court? -- Have the Chinese traditions ever been intimately dentified with specific political regimes, the way Shinto became Japan's "national" creed? -- Is there a distinctively Confucian interpretation of history? -- Have there been any important Confucian reform movements? What are Neo-Confucianism and Neo-Daoism? -- What is the historical importance of the developments known as Dual Shinto and the School of National Learning? -- How would you sum up the history of Confucianism? -- How would you summarize the history of religious Daoism? -- How would you sum up the history of Shinto? -- Doctrines and Practices -- Is creed an important concept in the major Chinese and Japanese traditions? -- Are "doctrine" and "dogma" important concepts in Chinese and Japanese religion? -- Is the concept of revelation useful in understanding the traditions of China and Japan? -- Does belief in an afterlife play an important role in Chinese and Japanese religious thought? -- Are salvation or redemption important concepts? -- What kind of ritual calendar do these traditions observe? -- How important is the concept of "ritual" in Confucianism and the CIT? Could you describe an example of an annual CIT ritual occasion? -- What regular or annual observances have been part of Confucian/CIT tradition? -- What are the major types of Daoist religious observance? -- What are some of the major festivities Shinto practitioners celebrate? -- What place does purification occupy in Shinto ritual? And what are the main features of major shrine rituals? -- Authority, Law, and Ethics -- Are there critical concepts about the nature of the human person? -- How do Confucians, Daoists, and adherents of Shinto think about the goal of human life? -- Is there a distinctive religious or theological "ethic" in these traditions? -- What is the principal Confucian virtue? What is meant by "rectification of names"? -- What is the basic Confucian concept of appropriate moral leadership? And what is the Mandate of Heaven? -- Is there a central teaching authority in any of the major Chinese and Japanese traditions? -- Have the Chinese and Japanese evolved discrete systems of religious law? -- Are there important hierarchical structures in these religious traditions? -- How does the hierarchy among Shinto shrines work? -- What are some of the main varieties of officials or ritual specialists? -- How are leaders chosen and vested with authority? -- Spirituality and Popular Piety -- What do these traditions say about ultimate spiritual reality? -- Are miracles an important element in the spirituality of these traditions? -- Are relics significant in these traditions? -- Is there such a thing as a saint in Chinese and Japanese religious traditions? -- Do these traditions celebrate the birthdays of any religious figures or honor them on "feast days"? -- Have there been any Confucian, Daoist, or Shinto mystics? -- Has martyrdom ever been important in the history of the Chinese and Japanese traditions? -- Do Confucians, Daoists, and adherents of Shinto believe in angels or devils? -- Given the ubiquitous presence of spirits, is exorcism an important practice in Chinese or Japanese traditions? -- What role do dreams and visions, or other spirit-manifestations, play? -- Is the practice of divination prominent in Chinese and Japanese spiritualities? -- How do Chinese and Japanese faith traditions deal ritually with death and mourning? -- Religion and Artistic Expression -- Are there any signs or symbols that might identify an individual as an adherent of a particular Chinese or Japanese tradition? -- What signs or symbols distinguish ritual specialists in the Chinese and Japanese traditions? -- Is there such a thing as Confucian or Shinto art or aesthetics? -- Do Confucians mark their sacred spaces with any distinctive signs and symbols? -- Are there symbolic dimensions in CIT sacred spaces? -- Are Daoist and CCT sacred spaces marked with any distinctive signs and symbols? -- Do Shinto practitioners mark their sacred spaces with any distinctive signs and symbols? -- Do numbers, colors, or elements of nature have symbolic meaning in the Chinese traditions? -- Are statues and other visual imagery important in Daoist and CCT temples? -- What is the symbolism of the trigrams and their various permutations called hexagrams? Are there any other common Chinese religious symbols? -- What kinds of ritual objects are important in Chinese and Japanese traditions? -- How important is music in the Chinese and Japanese traditions? -- Is dance also a significant ingredient in these traditions? -- Internal Diversity and External Relations -- Have there been any sub-communities or denominations within Confucianism? -- Have there been any important sub-communities or denominations within Daoism? -- Are there any sub-communities or denominations within Shinto? Have "orthodoxy" and "heresy" been significant Shinto concepts? -- Is the phenomenon of conversion into the traditions of China and Japan important? -- Have the Chinese and Japanese religious traditions typically sent out missionaries to convert others? -- Do people ever decide they want to depart from Daoism/CCT or Shinto? -- How would you sum up Confucianism's historical relationships to other traditions? -- How would you describe Daoism's relationships to other traditions? -- What issues have characterized Shinto's relationships to other traditions? -- Women, Family, and Society -- What gender-related issues have been important in these traditions? Have women exercised religious leadership and authority? -- Who are some important female deities? -- Has religiously sponsored education played an important role? -- What other religious institutions have supported community life in Chinese and Japanese traditions? -- What are the most important gathering places or communal religious venues? -- Are there standard forms of group liturgical worship? -- What rites do Shinto practitioners perform in their shrines? -- What does the Shinto term "matsuri" mean and how does it explain the importance of community? -- How about worship at home and through the day, in smaller groupings, when people are not in temples and shrines? -- Could you give examples of some important "rites of passage"? -- Are there distinctive rituals or beliefs around marriage and family life? -- What are the Confucian and Literati views of ancestor veneration? What about Daoism/CCT and Shinto? -- Has the practice of religious pilgrimage been an important ingredient in the fostering of religious community in China and Japan? -- Chinese and Japanese Traditions Here and Now -- How have the major Chinese and Japanese traditions spread significantly beyond their lands of origin? -- Where do adherents of the great Chinese and Japanese traditions live today? Are any estimates of numbers available? -- Are there any historic monuments linking China's present to its imperial religion of old (CIT)? -- If I visited a Chinese temple today, what would I see? -- If I visited a Shinto shrine today, what would I see? -- Do millennialism or messianism have a place in the Chinese and Japanese traditions? Does the sect called Falun Gong have any such associations? -- Are there any holy places of contemporary significance? -- What do the current practices of taijiquan, divination, fengshui, and accupuncture/accupressure have to do with Chinese religious traditions? -- Has the Japanese Emperor remained religiously important even with the Japanese loss of World War II? And were the kamikaze pilots associated with Shinto? -- Varieties, Schools, and Sub-Communities.
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