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Modernization, Globalization, and Confucianism in Chinese Societies.

Publication: Sociology of Religion
Publication Date: 22-DEC-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Modernization, Globalization, and Confucianism in Chinese Societies.(Book Review)

Article Excerpt
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 the Chinese people. The second reason is to explore the impact of social change on Chinese societies and the response of Confucianism to the process of modernization. Another theme throughout the book is in...

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