Thesis
The relationship between science and religion in Kang Youwei’s Confucianism
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In this thesis I analyse the relationship between science and religion in a non-Western and specifically Chinese context through an examination of the writings of Kang Youwei (康有爲1858–1927), a prominent reformer and Confucian thinker of the period of transition from Imperial to Republican China. Described by his followers as the ‘Martin Luther of Confucianism’, Kang envisioned a central social role for Confucianism as a state religion, championing the restoration of a ‘pristine’ religion o...
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- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
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- Deposit date:
- 2019-04-21
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- Copyright holder:
- Wan, Z
- Copyright date:
- 2019
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