Secular and Sacred -- Religious Consciousness of the Chinese People

Author: Hou Jie
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Publish Date: 2001-09-01
Features: The religious consciousness of the Chinese people is a tangled mess, impossible to untangle or make sense of. Obsessed with secular life and full of life ideals, countless souls are often indifferent and carefree towards religion, almost indifferent to its presence or absence. Yet, why do they burn incense at every temple and kowtow before every deity, devoutly kneeling before the feet of numerous gods, yearning for the sacred? Interpreting the psychological habits of folk customs, pragmatism is their foundation.