Chen Yuan's research on religion had been greatly influenced by his Cultural concern. There were three distinctive ways of expressions in his cultural concern: In his Christian studies, it was reflected on his attempt of indigenization of Christianity in China: Christianity should be seen as a part in the history of Chinese Culture; In his studies of ancient religions, he argued for the assimilation of Chinese Culture to different foreign religions; and in his Buddhist and Daoism studies, he analyzed that religions could save and develop culture, and emphasized the life-force of Chinese Culture. All the three cultural concerns and their different expressions on the relationship between religions and Chinese Culture were responses to the social context. We should take into fully consideration on cultural concern when analyzing his study of religions. / Christian faith is also a key factor in analyzing Chen Yuan's study of religion. In Christian studies, his Christian faith has allowed him to take up both an insider's and an outsider's view and even to be critical in attempting research on Christianity, Again, in the study of ancient religions, his Christian faith has allowed him to adopt more sympathy towards ancient religions, and he could treat other religions "equally" and "sympathetically"; And in Buddhist and Daoism studies, his personal religious experience had again given him a open mind and to respect other religions. In a word, the Christian faith adopted by Chen Yuan did not impede, on the contrary, it exerted more positive influences to his study of religions. / Comparing with the various dimensions of the phenomenology of religion, we can get an even better view regarding his approach on study of religions: His approach was mainly descriptive, historical and comparative; He treated religions equally, objectively, sympathetically, no matter it was his own faith, or other people's faiths; Chen Yuan did not have the intention of developing an autonomous discipline of the study of religion, but he managed to establish the autonomy of "historical study of religion" as a branch of the discipline of history in China. Chen Yuan has also somehow started the study of "history of religions" as a branch of the discipline of religious studies in China, which he might not have the clear intention to do. (Abstract shortened by UMI.) / This dissertation attempts to understand and probe the Chen Yuan's study of religions from the perspectives of his historical research, his cultural concern and their relationship with his Christian Faith. In order to explore the Characteristic in Chen Yuan's study of religions, the author also compared his research with some modern approaches of western religious studies, especially compared with Phenomenology of religion. / 劉賢 = On Chen Yuan's study of religions / Liu Xian. / 論文(哲學博士)--香港中文大學, 2005. / 參考文獻(p. 119-129). / Adviser: Peter Tze Ming Ng. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-01, Section: A, page: 0224. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts also in English. / School code: 1307. / Lun wen (Zhe xue bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2005. / Can kao wen xian (p. 119-129). / Liu xian = On Chen Yuan's study of religions / Liu Xian.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_343587 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Contributors | 劉賢., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Religious Studies., Liu, Xian. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | Chinese, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, theses |
| Format | electronic resource, microform, microfiche, 1 online resource (vii, 129 p.) |
| Coverage | China |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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