Paradigm Shifts in Early and Modern Chinese Religion

John Lagerwey, PhD (1975), Harvard University, in early Chinese literature, is professor of Chinese studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has published widely on Daoist ritual and local religion and organized major projects in the ethnography and history of Chinese religion and society.

"The book is a fertile source of reliable information on many aspects of religious history."-Barbara Hendrischke, University of Sydney, in Religious Studies Review, Volume 45, Number 2, June 2019'The book covers essentially all the main aspects of Chinese religiosity in a nutshell and it constitutes an invaluable guide for extant academic research on Chinese thought.' - R.Tatu, (Romanian Orthodox Church, Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, South Africa), Pharos Journal of Theology, 102 (2021).'By preparing an invaluable synthetic overview that presents many of the field’s most important intellectual breakthroughs, Paradigm Shifts can help scholars take stock of where we stand as well as consider new directions for future research.' - Paul R. Katz, Academia Sinica, Taipei, T’oung Pao 105 (2019) 649-652.'Quoi qu’il en soit, Paradigm Shifts est un livre brillant, utile et provocant, qui contribue à insérer l’étude des religions – et de la religion – chinoises dans une approche globale du fait religieux en régime de modernité et post-modernité.' - Benoît Vermander, Archives de sciences sociales des religions, 188 (2019), 353-356.