Modernization, Globalization, and Confucianism in Chinese Societies.(Book Review) From: Sociology of Religion | Date: December 22, 2005| Author: Wilkinson, Michael | COPYRIGHT 2005 Association for the Sociology of Religion. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Modernization, Globalization, and Confucianism in Chinese Societies, by JOSEPH B. TAMNEY and LINDA HSUEHLING CHIANG. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 2002, 264 pp.; $77.95 USD (cloth).

Joseph B. Tamney and Linda Hsueh-Ling Chiang make a useful contribution to the growing literature on globalization and religion. The authors set out to write this book for two reasons. The first is related to the importance of China in the world and specifically Confucianism for ...

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