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Introduction. Confusions over Confucianism
Part I. The puzzle of classification: how did Confucianism become a world religion?
1. Four controversies over the religious nature of Confucianism: a brief history of Confucianism
2. The making of a world religion: Confucianism and the emergence of comparative religion as a discipline in the nineteenth century
3. The Confucianism as a religion controversy in contemporary China
Part II. The problem of methodology: who are the Confucians in China?
4. Confucianism as a world religion: the legitimation of a new paradigm
5. Counting Confucians through social scientific research
6. To become a Confucian: a new conceptual framework
Part III. The reality of practices: is Confucianism a religion in China today?
7. The emerging voices of women in the revival of Confucianism
8. The contemporary revival and reinvention of Confucian ritual practices
9. The politics of the future of Confucianism.
Part I. The puzzle of classification: how did Confucianism become a world religion?
1. Four controversies over the religious nature of Confucianism: a brief history of Confucianism
2. The making of a world religion: Confucianism and the emergence of comparative religion as a discipline in the nineteenth century
3. The Confucianism as a religion controversy in contemporary China
Part II. The problem of methodology: who are the Confucians in China?
4. Confucianism as a world religion: the legitimation of a new paradigm
5. Counting Confucians through social scientific research
6. To become a Confucian: a new conceptual framework
Part III. The reality of practices: is Confucianism a religion in China today?
7. The emerging voices of women in the revival of Confucianism
8. The contemporary revival and reinvention of Confucian ritual practices
9. The politics of the future of Confucianism.