This collection of essays by major scholars analyze the religious diversity in Chinese religion, bringing together topics from traditional and contemporary contexts and Chinese religions' encounters with Western religion.

Judith A. Berling, Berkeley, USAChau Adam Yuet, University of Cambridge, UKPhilip Clart, University of Leipzig, GermanyJoachim Gentz, University of Edinburgh, UKBarend Ter Haar, University of Leiden, the NetherlandsLivia Kohn, Boston University, USALai Pan-Chiu, The Chinese University of Hong KongLiu Peng, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, ChinaMurata Sachiko, State University of New York, USARebecca Nedostup, Boston College, USAShi Zhiru, Pomona College, Claremont, USAMatteo Nicolini-Zani, University of Venice, Monastery of Bose, Magnano, ItalyGregor Paul, University of Karlsruhe, German China AssociationPerry Schmidt-Leukel, University of Münster, GermanyNicolas Standaert, University of Leuven, BelgiumWang Zhicheng, Zhejiang University Hangzhou, ChinaRobert Weller, Boston University, USAYao Xinzhong, Kings College London, UK

Preface; Joachim Gentz and Perry Schmidt-Leukel PART I: THE BROADER CONTEXT 1. Why Chinese Thought on Religious Diversity Matters; Judith A. Berling 2. China and Religious Diversity: Some Critical Reflections; Gregor Paul 3. Religious Diversity: What is the Issue?; Perry Schmidt-Leukel PART II: PERSPECTIVES FROM PRE-MODERN CHINA 4. Daoist Approaches to Religious Diversity; Livia Kohn 5. Confucian Approaches to Religious Diversity; Xinzhong Yao 6. Buddhist Approaches to Religious Diversity in Pre-Modern China; Zhiru Shi 7. Diversity in Three-Teachings (sanjiao) Discourses; Joachim Gentz 8. Religious Diversity from the Perspective of Religious Consumers; Adam Yuet Chau 9. Muslim Approaches to Religious Diversity in China; Sachiko Murata 10. Christian Approaches to Religious Diversity in China; Matteo Nicolini-Zani PART III: TRANSFORMATIONS IN MODERNITY 11. The Transformation of the Concept of Religion in Chinese Modernity; Rebecca Nedostup 12. Chinese Communist/Maoist Thought on Religious Diversity; Robert Weller PART IV: CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES 13. Religious Ecology vs. Religious Market: Two Competing Theoretical Models in Current Chinese Scholarship on Religions; Philip Clart 14. Do Chinese Religions Need a Pluralist Theory of Religion?; Zhicheng Wang 15. Christian Discourses on Religious Diversity in Contemporary China; Pan-chiu Lai 16. The Religious Policy in Contemporary China; Peng Liu 17. New Religious Movements and the Issue of Religious Liberty; Barend Ter Haar