Meaning and Controversy within Chinese Ancestor Religion

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Reference, Comparative Religion, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
Cover of the book Meaning and Controversy within Chinese Ancestor Religion by Paulin Batairwa Kubuya, Springer International Publishing
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Author: Paulin Batairwa Kubuya ISBN: 9783319705248
Publisher: Springer International Publishing Publication: January 25, 2018
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Paulin Batairwa Kubuya
ISBN: 9783319705248
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication: January 25, 2018
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

Chinese practices related to ancestors have long been the subject of conflicting interpretations. These practices are rooted in the lived experience of practitioners, and therefore need to be considered as embodied expressions of the quest for existential meaning. For practitioners, the achievement of existential meaning requires the inclusion, implication, and mediation of the ancestors. When gestures in ancestor rites are analyzed from this perspective it is possible to appreciate their essence as constitutive of “ancestor religion.” This book uses an inquisitive method that investigates the discrepancies between foreign and local explanations, and proposes another hermeneutic framework for ancestor related praxes.   

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Chinese practices related to ancestors have long been the subject of conflicting interpretations. These practices are rooted in the lived experience of practitioners, and therefore need to be considered as embodied expressions of the quest for existential meaning. For practitioners, the achievement of existential meaning requires the inclusion, implication, and mediation of the ancestors. When gestures in ancestor rites are analyzed from this perspective it is possible to appreciate their essence as constitutive of “ancestor religion.” This book uses an inquisitive method that investigates the discrepancies between foreign and local explanations, and proposes another hermeneutic framework for ancestor related praxes.   

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