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Contemporary New Confucian scholars Jiang Qing [7] and Kang Xiaoguang are among the most influential supporters behind the campaign to establish a national "Confucian Church". [18] Jiang Qing is the current spiritual leader of the Church of Confucius. In Japan, Confucian Shinto is organised as part of Sect Shinto. Similar Confucian-focused ...
A grassroots movement of local Confucian churches was initiated in 2009 by Zhou Beichen, a disciple of the Confucian philosopher Jiang Qing, when he founded the first church in Shenzhen, [1] The aim was to develop a network of local Confucian churches throughout the country, [2] later to be unified into a national body and possibly become a ...
With the participation of many Confucian leaders, a national Holy Confucian Church (孔圣会; Kǒngshènghuì) was established on 1 November 2015; its current spiritual leader is Jiang Qing. Numerous sects of Chinese salvationist religions and movements such as Falun Gong have incorporated aspects of religious Confucianism.
The Way of the Gods according to the Confucian Tradition (Chinese: 儒宗神教 Rúzōng Shénjiào), also called the Luandao (鸾道 "Phoenix Way" or 鸾门 Luánmén, "Phoenix Gate") [1] or Luanism (鸾教 Luánjiào) [2] or—from the name of its cell congregations—the phoenix halls or phoenix churches (鸾堂 luántáng), is a Confucian congregational religious movement of the Chinese ...
Confucianism in the United States dates back to accounts of missionaries who traveled to China during the early 19th century and from the 1800's with the practice and Study of Traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture in the United states by Chinese immigrant Doctors and via trade of technology, science and philosophy from east Asia to Europe and the America's. [1]
Kang modeled his ideal "Confucian Church" after European national Christian churches, as a hierarchic and centralised institution, closely bound to the state, with local church branches, devoted to the worship and the spread of the teachings of Confucius. [94]
The May Fourth movement emphasized a climate of strong political engagement, under the mantra of "Mr. Science" and "Mr. Democracy," and the growing ferment around the national salvation movement. Kang Youwei advocated the idea of a Confucian church as the state religion of China. [4]
There do seem to exist regional hierarchies in which one Shengdao church, often the oldest, claims seniority over the others, and acts as a sort of primus inter pares. For instance, the first Taiwanese enlightenment hall was founded in 1947 and in 1949 it created the "Chinese Confucian Studies Association" (中国孔学会 Zhōngguó Kǒngxué ...