From Trustworthiness to Secular Beliefs: Changing Concepts of Xin 信 From Traditional to Modern Chinese

This volume excavates the genealogy of xin ?—a term that has become the modern Chinese counterpart for the English word “faith.” More than twenty experts trace its religious and non-religious roots in several traditions, including Confucian, Buddhist, Daoist, Muslim, Christian, Japanese, popular religious, and modern secular contexts.