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Confucian canopy and social construction
Chung, Paul S
Chung, Paul S
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The notion of public religion in distinction from civil religion refers to a social scientific approach to religion with more emphasis on its public contribution to civil society and religious-ethical orientation in the global context. To deal with Confucianism as a public religion, I undertake a hermeneutical investigation of its religious and humanistic system within a sociological frame of reference, in which focus is given to its prophetic-moral orientation for the sake of ethical humanism and the good society. An attempt is undertaken to explore how Confucianism as a sacred canopy plays a formative role in building a culture of trust in China and further creating the global good society in the social construction of reality.
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2014
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