Confucian Religiosity:

A Partial Bibliography

• Adler, Joseph A. "Confucianism as Religion / Religious Tradition / Neither: Still Hazy After All These Years"
• ______ . "Divination and Sacrifice in Song Neo-Confucianism," in Jeffrey L. Richey, ed., Teaching Confucianism. NY: Oxford University Press, 2008.
• ______ . "Zhu Xi's Spiritual Practice as the Basis of his Central Philosophical Concepts." Dao: A Journal of Comparative Philosophy, vol 7 (2008), no. 1: 57-79.
• ______ . "Varieties of Spiritual Experience: Shen in Neo-Confucian Discourse," in Tu Wei-ming and Mary Evelyn Tucker, eds., Confucian Spirituality, vol. 2 (NY: Crossroad, 2004): 120-148.
• Berthrong, John H. All Under Heaven: Transforming Paradigms in Confucian-Christian Dialogue. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1994 (especially chapters 3 and 4)
• Ching, Julia. “Chapter 3: Morality and Rituals: Confucianism as Religious Humanism,” in Chinese Religions. New York: Orbis Books, 1993: 51–67.
• Huang, Yong. "Confucian Theology: Three Models." Religion Compass, vol. 1, no. 4 (July 2007): 455-478.
• Jones, David, ed. Confucius Now: Contemporary Encounters with the Analects, Part 4 Chicago: Open Court, 2008.
• Küng, Hans and Julia Ching.“Chapter 2: Confucianism: Ethical Humanism as Religion?” in Christianity and Chinese Religions. New York: Doubleday,1989: 61–127.
• Liu, Shu-hsien. “The Religious Import of Confucian Philosophy: Its Traditional Outlook and Contemporary Significance.” Philosophy East and West 21, 2 (April 1971): 157–175
• Pfister, Lauren. “The Different Faces of Contemporary Religious Confucianism: An Account of the Diverse Approaches of Some Major Twentieth Century Chinese Confucian Scholars.” Journal of Chinese Philosophy 22 (1995): 5–79.
• Taylor, Rodney L. The Religious Dimensions of Confucianism. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1990.
• ______ . “The Study of Confucianism as a Religious Tradition.” Journal of Chinese Religions 18 (1990):143–159.
•  ______ . “The Religious Character of the Confucian Tradition.” Philosophy East and West 48:1 (January 1998): 80–107. (Theme issue on "The Religious Dimension of Confucianism in Japan")
• ______ and Gary Arbuckle. “Confucianism.” Journal of Asian Studies 54:2 (May 1995): 347–354.
• Thompson, Laurence G. “Chapter 5: The State: Emperor and Officials,” in Chinese Religion: An Introduction, 4th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, 1989: 75–88
• Tu Wei-ming. Centrality and Commonality: An Essay on Confucian Religiousness. Albany: SUNY Press, 1989.
• Tu Wei-ming and Mary Evelyn Tucker, eds. Confucian Spirituality, 2 vols. NY: Crossroad, 2003-04.
• Tucker, Mary Evelyn. “Religious Dimensions of Confucianism: Cosmology and Cultivation.” Philosophy East and West 48:1 (January 1998): 5–45. (Theme issue on "The Religious Dimension of Confucianism in Japan")
• Wilson, Thomas A. ed. On Sacred Grounds: Culture, Society, Politics, and the Formation of the Cult of Confucius. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2002.