The three volume project Concepts and Methods for the Study of Chinese Religions is a timely review of the history of the study of Chinese religions reconsiders the present state of analytical and methodological theories and initiates a new chapter in the methodology of the field itself The three volumes raise interdisciplinary and cross tradition debates and engage methodologies for the study of East Asian religions with Western voices in an active and constructive manner Within the overall project this volume addresses the intellectual history and formation of critical concepts that are foundational to the Chinese religious landscape These concepts include lineage scripture education discipline religion science and scientism sustainability law and rites and the religious sphere With these topics and approaches this volume serves as a reference for graduate students and scholars interested in Chinese religions the modern cultural and intellectual history of China including mainland China Taiwan Hong Kong and Chinese communities overseas intellectual and material history and the global academic discourse of critical concepts in the study of religions