The Islamic-Confucian Synthesis in China

The Islamic-Confucian Synthesis in China
by: Sha (Author),Zongping(Author),Xiang(Author),Shuchen(Author)&1more
Publisher:Lexington Books
Publication Date: 15 April 2023
Language:English
Print Length:140 pages
ISBN-10:1666913367
ISBN-13:9781666913361
Book Description
This volume examines the history of Islam in China since its arrival during the Tang dynasty. The contributors look at how Chinese Muslims created a philosophical worldview that is described and analyzed here as the “Islamic–Confucian synthesis.”
About the Author
Review Western studies of Chinese Islam had their modest beginnings over a century ago. In recent decades, English-language studies of the subject, from various scholarly perspectives and methodological approaches, have grown increasingly abundant and sophisticated. During the same time, unbeknownst to many in the Anglophone world, scholars in contemporary China have actively been engaged in a separate but parallel enterprise, studying the same thinkers and texts, albeit from a different vantage point and in Chinese. At last, this volume brings these two streams together, enriching the global trove of knowledge and providing an international readership access to a wealth of new translations and interpretations befitting the cosmopolitan historical Sino-Muslim scholars they examine. The multi-faceted effort that has gone into this important contribution should not be underestimated. About the Author Shuchen Xiang is assistant professor at the Institute of Foreign Philosophy and Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Peking University. Zongping Sha is associate professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Peking University.