Diana Arghirescu is Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy and Research Director of the Observatoire de l’Asie de l’Est at the University of Québec at Montreal, Canada.

• Introduction: Intercultural Philosophical Approach and Cultural PresuppositionsPart I. Western Theories and Cultural Presuppositions1. Classical Theories of Western Philosophy of Religion: A Brief Examination of their Foundations 2. Contemporary Western Theories of Religion: An Analysis of their PresuppositionsPart II. Chinese Cultural Presuppositions: Interrelatedness as Sameness in Chinese Religions and Philosophies3. Zhu Xi’s Meaning of the Good (shan) and its Practice: A Hermeneutical Study of Ethical Interrelatedness as Organic and Moral Growth4. Chan Monk-scholar Qisong’s Meaning of the Sameness (tong) and its Practice: Ethical Interrelatedness as Interaction between Heart-mind and NamesPart III. Ethical Interrelatedness5. A Philosophical Theory for Chinese ReligionsPart IV. Contemporary Approaches to Chinese Religious Traditions6. A Comparative Perspective: Similarities and DifferencesConclusionBibliographyIndex

Interrelatedness in Chinese Religious Traditions is as timely as it is intelligent. In many different ways Diana Arghirescu seeks to turn old habits of thinking on their head: philosophy’s condescension to religion is challenged by a holistic Asian philosophico-religiousness, the privileging of potted methodologies is challenged by a comparative cultural hermeneutics that emerges from the specificity of praxis, the oppressiveness of Enlightenment rationality is challenged by the reciprocity and inclusiveness of intracultural dialogue.