RT Book
T1 The Islamic-Confucian synthesis in China
A2 Sha, Zongping
A2 Xiang, Shuchen
A2 Nashef, Stephen
A2 Zhang, Tianyi
A2 Zhang, Chongning
LA English
PP Lanham Boulder New York London
PB Lexington Books
YR 2023
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1844829162
AB The presence and history of Islam in China is not well-known. Since its arrival into China during the Tang dynasty (618-907 CE), Islam and its traditions have become an inextricable part of the fabric of the Chinese tradition. By the time of the Ming dynasty (1368-1644 CE), Chinese Islam had evolved its own indigenous identity and, by the seventeenth century, specifically Chinese formulations of Islamic teachings began to emerge. This edited volume presents the most authoritative contemporary scholarship on the topic of the Islam-Confucian synthesis in China. It introduces to an international audience the hybridization of traditions throughout the millennia of Chinese history. The experience of the Islamic-Confucian synthesis is a historical example of cross-cultural thinking and mutual borrowing. It testifies to the fact that there is no incommensurability between cultures that cannot ultimately be accommodated. In this accommodation is the potential for mutual and creative growth, novelty, cultural renaissance, and the flourishing of the human spirit
SN 9781666913361
K1 Asian History
K1 Asiatische Geschichte
K1 HISTORY / Asia / General
K1 SOC008020
K1 Asia
K1 Asien
K1 Aufsatzsammlung