Ⅰ INTRODUCTION 1
Ⅱ RELIGION IN THE INTEGRATION OF THE FAMILY 28
Ⅲ RELIGION IN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC GROUPS 58
Ⅳ COMMUNAL ASPECTS OF POPULAR CULTS 81
Ⅴ POLITICAL ROLE OF CHINESE RELIGION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 104
Ⅵ OPERATION OF THE MANDATE OF HEAVEN 127
Ⅶ ETHICOPOLITICAL CULTS：“GUIDANCE BY THE WAY OF THE GODS” 144
Ⅷ STATE CONTROL OF RELIGION 180
Ⅸ RELIGION AND POLITICAL REBELLION 218
Ⅹ RELIGIOUS ASPECTS OF CONFUCIANISM IN ITS DOCTRINE AND PRACTICE 244
Ⅺ RELIGION AND THE TRADITIONAL MORAL ORDER 278
Ⅻ DIFFUSED AND INSTITUTIONAL RELIGION IN CHINESE SOCIETY 294
ⅩⅢ THE CHANGING ROLE OF RELIGION IN PRE-COMMUNIST CHINESE SOCIETY 341
ⅩⅣ COMMUNISM AS A NEW FAITH 378
NOTES 405
BIBLIOGRAPHY 423
APPENDIX 1 Functional Classification of Major Temples in Eight Localities 436
APPENDIX 2 Alphabetical List of Temple Names in Transliteration and in Chinese from Appendix 1 452
APPENDIX 3 Terms，Phrases，and Proper Names in Transliteration and in Chinese 455
INDEX 459