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    Religion in China is diverse and most Chinese people are either non-religious or practice a combination of Buddhism and Taoism with a Confucian worldview...
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    Chinese folk religion, also known as Chinese popular religion, comprehends a range of traditional religious practices of Han Chinese, including the Chinese...
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  • Forms of religion in China throughout history have included animism during the Xia dynasty, which evolved into the state religion of the Shang and Zhou...
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  • The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism is a book written by Max Weber, a German economist and sociologist. It was first published in German under...
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  • Freedom of religion in China may be referring to the following entities separated by the Taiwan Strait: In the People's Republic of China (PRC), freedom...
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    Chinese ancestor veneration, also called Chinese ancestor worship, is an aspect of the Chinese traditional religion which revolves around the ritual celebration...
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    Assyrian Church of the East appeared in China in the 7th century, during the Tang dynasty. Catholicism was one of the religions patronized by the emperors of...
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    preservation of the ancient Chinese culture and religion. Freedom of religion is inscribed in the constitution of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The majority...
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    Religion in Japan is manifested primarily in Shinto and in Buddhism, the two main faiths, which Japanese people often practice simultaneously. According...
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    Emperor Chinese ancestral worship Religion in China Kami in Shinto religion Ivanhoe, Philip J.; Van Norden, Bryan W. (2005). Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy...
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  • mixtures of formal religions with folk cultures. In China, folk Protestantism had its origins with the Taiping Rebellion. Chinese folk religion, folk Christianity...
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    predominant religions in Northeast China (including the provinces of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang, historically also known as Manchuria) are Chinese folk...
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  • Religion in Hong Kong is characterised by a multi-faith diversity of beliefs and practices. Most of the Hong Kong people of Chinese descent practice Chinese...
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  • Chinese Communist Party Chinese folk religion Heterodox teachings (Chinese law) Freedom of religion in China Religion in China CFPS 2014 surveyed a sample...
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  • of religion in China in the year 2010, the number of people practicing some form of Chinese folk religion is near to 950 million (70% of the Chinese),...
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    Chinese folk religion plays a dynamic role in the lives of the overseas Chinese who have settled in the countries of this geographic region, particularly...
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  • Chinese salvationist religions or Chinese folk religious sects are a Chinese religious tradition characterised by a concern for salvation (moral fulfillment)...
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    practiced by a minority of residents of China. The religion itself has a very limited presence in modern mainland China, but archaeological evidence suggests...
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    having retained Chinese Buddhism. Otherwise, a large part of the Thai Chinese have retained the practice of ethnic Chinese religion, including Taoism...
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    Eulogy Chinese Muslim cuisine Religion in China Freedom of religion in China Antireligious campaigns of the Chinese Communist Party Human rights in China#Religious...
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    The Catholic Church in China (called Tiānzhǔ Jiào, 天主教, literally "Religion of the Lord of Heaven" after the Chinese term for the Christian God) has a...
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    Religion in Mongolia has been traditionally dominated by the schools of Mongolian Buddhism and by Mongolian shamanism, the ethnic religion of the Mongols...
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    on Religions and Churches in the People's Republic of China – Update for the Year 2022" (PDF). Religions & Christianity in Today's China. XIII. China Zentrum:...
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    e.g., in China. African traditional religion encompasses the traditional religious beliefs of people in Africa. In West Africa, these religions include...
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    Northeast China folk religion is the variety of Chinese folk religion of northeast China, characterised by distinctive cults original to Hebei and Shandong...
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  • Faith. Dharmic religions are the oldest religions of Asia. All Indian religions originated in the Indian subcontinent. These religions all have the similar...
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    "Statistics on Religions and Churches in the People's Republic of China – Update for the Year 2016" (PDF). Religions & Christianity in Today's China. VII (2):...
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  • (simplified Chinese: 灵; traditional Chinese: 靈; pinyin: líng, Vietnamese: linh) is the notion of sacred in Chinese traditional religions. It is the state...
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    religions. This group includes Chinese religion overall, which further includes ancestor veneration, Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, Taoism and popular...
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    communities in the 21st century. State campaigns against religion have escalated since Xi Jinping became Chinese Communist Party general secretary in 2012....
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