Religious understanding

Author: Zhu Xinping
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Publish Date: 1999-09-01
Features: In this book, the author discusses Chinese and foreign religions and their studies from the perspective of world culture, focusing on describing the explicit phenomena of religion and analyzing its internal structure, aiming to achieve a genuine understanding of the spiritual essence of religion and an objective presentation of the relationship between religion and real life. The book is divided into four aspects: The first aspect explores and discusses the essence, meaning, structure, value, and realm of religion, representing theoretical inquiry and cultural reflection in the understanding of religion; the second aspect presents and organizes the origin and development of religion, as well as an overview of major world religions, reflecting historical retrospection and phenomenological description in the understanding of religion; the third aspect reviews and summarizes the history, perspectives, methods, and systems of religious studies, representing disciplinary definitions and analysis of schools of thought in the understanding of religion; the fourth aspect systematically interprets and explains Christianity, the most numerous and influential religion in the development of world religions today, which is a clarification and narration of the author's long-term thoughts and reflections on Christian studies, serving as case studies and typical analyses in the understanding of religion. In this book, the author discusses Chinese and foreign religions and their studies from the perspective of world culture, focusing on describing the explicit phenomena of religion and analyzing its internal structure, aiming to achieve a genuine understanding of the spiritual essence of religion and an objective presentation of the relationship between religion and real life. The book is divided into four aspects: The first aspect explores and discusses the essence, meaning, structure, value, and realm of religion, representing theoretical inquiry and cultural reflection in the understanding of religion; the second aspect presents and organizes the origin and development of religion, as well as an overview of major world religions, reflecting historical retrospection and phenomenological description in the understanding of religion; the third aspect reviews and summarizes the history, perspectives, methods, and systems of religious studies, representing disciplinary definitions and analysis of schools of thought in the understanding of religion; the fourth aspect systematically interprets and explains Christianity, the most numerous and influential religion in the development of world religions today, which is a clarification and narration of the author's long-term thoughts and reflections on Christian studies, serving as case studies and typical analyses in the understanding of religion.