China in a Secular Age: Coping with the Legacy of a Religious State

Is China Truly A Secular State? André Laliberté Puts This Widely Held Perception To The Test, Arguing That We Must First Broaden Our Definitions If We Are To Comprehend Fully The Religious Nature Of The Chinese State. From There, Laliberté Presents The Long Tradition Of Chinese Statecraft, Which Has Involved Different Forms Of Intermingling Between Religion And State, And Describes How The Communist Party Perpetuates This Institutional Intertwinement Despite Its Materialist Philosophy. He Then Explores The Variety Of Forms In Which Societies With A Chinese Heritage Outside Of The People?s Republic Of China Are Moving Beyond This Mutual Entanglement Between Religion And State. Machine Generated Contents Note: China In A Secular Age -- Coping With The Legacy Of A Religious State / Andre Laliberte -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1. Multiple Approaches To Secularity In Chinese Societies -- 1.1. An Argument: China As A Religious State -- 1.2. Definitions -- 1.3. Some Methodological Issues -- 1.4. Theoretical Perspectives -- 1.5. Overview -- 2. Chinese Religions And Political Rulers Before 1949 -- 2.1. Religions And Monarchy In Ancient China -- 2.2. The Imperial Cult To Heaven From The Han To The Tang -- 2.3. The Consolidation Of State Oversight Over Religion From The Song To The Qing -- 2.4. The Old Paradigms Questioned During The Republican Era -- 3. The Chinese Communist Party And Religions -- 3.1. The Ccp Theories On Religion -- 3.2. Campaigns Against Religions And The Cult Of Mao, 1949-19/6 -- 3.3. Religion And State Between The Beijing Spring Of 19/8 And June 4th, 1989 -- 3.4. The Return To A Paternalistic, Neo-imperial, State Approach To Religion Under Jiang Zemin, 1989-2002 -- 3.5. `harmonious Society' And The Onset Of A New Approach To Religion Under Hu Jintao, 2002-2012 -- 3.6. Religions In The Service Of The `china Dream' Underxijinping, 2012- -- 4. Chinese Religions And Communities Outside The Prc Since 1949 -- 4.1. Taiwan As A Secular State -- 4.2. Secularities In Chinese Majoritarian Societies Outside China And Taiwan: The Pull Of The Prc -- 5. Concluding Remarks On Chinese Multiple Secularities. By André Laliberté. Includes Bibliographical References.