Contemporary Confucianism and western culture.

From: Journal of Ecumenical Studies | Date: January 1, 2003| Author: Berthrong, John; Shu-hsien, Liu; Swidler, Leonard | Copyright information

I. Background

In 1986 Mainland China scholars, based on a proposal by Professor Fang Keli, began an extensive historical and philosophic research program, "Contemporary Confucianism," as a designated national project for a period of ten years. The renewed study of Confucianism suddenly caught fire among scholars and became an unexpectedly hot arena for research and public interest that attracted a number of Mainland China scholars to begin a reassessment of the modern Co...

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