Confucian ritual religion

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Confucian ritual religion (s 礼教, t 禮教 Lǐjiào, "rites' transmission", also called 名教 Míngjiào, the "names' transmission"), or the Confucian civil religion, defines the civil religion of China. It consists of the state-endorsed ceremonies and sacrifices (cults), held according to Confucian modalities, dedicated to the Gods which represent the theologico-political origin of the state itself and the Chinese civilisation. These rituals have undergone a great revitalisation in post-Maoist China, creating a public space in which the Chinese state and popular Confucian movements jostle and negotiate with each other.

Worship of cosmological gods and of Confucius, is carried out regularly at consecrated public spaces.

See also

• American civil religion
• Chinese folk religion
• Confucianism
• Shendao
• Confucian Academy
• Supreme Council for the Confucian Religion in Indonesia
• Holy Confucian Church
• Religion in China
• State religion & Civil religion
• Religious Confucianism

References

Citations

Sources

• Billioud, Sébastien; Thoraval, Joël (2015), "Lijiao (禮教): Between Rites and Politics", The Sage and the People: The Confucian Revival in China, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0190258146
• Billioud, Sébastien; Thoraval, Joël (2009). "Lijiao: The Return of Ceremonies Honouring Confucius in Mainland China" (PDF). China Perspectives. 2009 (4). doi:10.4000/chinaperspectives.4927.
• Dessein, Bart (2014). "Faith and Politics: (New) Confucianism as Civil Religion". Asian Studies. II (XVIII) (1).

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