Kelly James Clark is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Ibn Haldun University, Istanbul. Justin Winslett is University Lecturer in Chinese Studies at the University of Sheffield, UK.
Kelly James Clark and Justin Winslett take readers on an illuminating journey through early Chinese religion, rewriting the interpretive route they call 'the naturalizing narrative' and correcting its four misleading landmarks: (1) The Chinese don't believe in God(s) or the afterlife; (2) Belief in the High God(s) and belief in the afterlife were common among peasants and in the Mozi, but not in the philosophical texts; 3) The Confucians don't believe in the High God(s) or the afterlife; and (4) The High God(s) and the afterlife are morally irrelevant to Confucian moral theory. * Ronnie Littlejohn, Chaney Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Belmont University, USA *