Kang Xiaoguang: Social Science, Civil Society, and Confucian Religion

Abstract

6. Jiang Qing, another prominent figure in the Confucian revival, has made similar proposals. See Bell, China's New Confucianism. china perspectives This article examines the academic and intellectual career of Kang Xiaoguang, a prominent advocate of Confucianism and of the establishment of Confucianism as China's state religion. It argues that Kang's advocacy is rooted in a utilitarian vision of religion, and a pragmatic desire to encourage the development of healthy state-society relations in twenty-first century China.

Religion in the Global East: Challenges and Opportunities for the Social Scientific Study of Religion

“…Some scholars want to include all folk religions in greater Daoism 大道教 or the religion of China (Freedman 1974;Lagerwey 2010). Others have argued to make Confucianism a religion, even the national religion of China (see Billioud and Thoraval 2008;Ownby 2009;Sun 2013). These advocates often refer to the model of Hinduism as the religion of Indians or Shintoism as the state religion of Japan prior to 1945.…”

Contesting Chineseness: An Examination of Religion and National Identity in Mainland China

“…Fourth, Confucian intellectuals, with support from the Chinese government, have been active in scholarly activities that, among other things, expound Confucianism's relevance to the Chinese nation (Billioud and Storey ). Fifth, Confucianist elites such as Gan Yang, Jiang Qing, and Kang Xiaoguang have been vocal in advocating a reconstruction of national identity in accord with Confucian ideals (e.g., Ownby ).…”

“Confucianism”, an Alternative Source of Belief in Contemporary Chinese Society: An Empirical Study of the Founding of Xin 信 in a “Confucian” Company

“…16 Kang Xiaoguang, « Falungong wenti de zhengzhi xiaoying », Zhongguo shehui daokan, N • 33, 2000. Cited par Ownby (2009). 17 For new religious movements in post-Soviet Russia, see (Panchenko 2011).…”