Difficulty of the term 'sacred' in light of Confucian thought

It is a reality the difficulty that describing something as sacred or religious brings. Another important reason has also been the poor extension capacity of the concept of religion. The Chinese’s religion aversion has much to do with communist ideas. There are enough elements in the Confucian canon...

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Autor: Morales Marcos, Carmelo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/47018
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pensamiento-actual/article/view/47018
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Confucianism
religion
sacred
philosophy
moral
confucianismo
religión
sagrado
filosofía
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Sumario:It is a reality the difficulty that describing something as sacred or religious brings. Another important reason has also been the poor extension capacity of the concept of religion. The Chinese’s religion aversion has much to do with communist ideas. There are enough elements in the Confucian canon texts in order to state that the Confucian tradition has a sacred nature. I have tried to show in this article that, despite all these difficulties, the Confucian tradition meets the requirements to be classified as a sacred tradition