Chung, Paul S2019-09-252019-09-252017-09-1420140009-4668http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/166557The notion of public religion in distinction from civil religion refers to a social scientific approach to religion with more emphasis on its public contribution to civil society and religious-ethical orientation in the global context. To deal with Confucianism as a public religion, I undertake a hermeneutical investigation of its religious and humanistic system within a sociological frame of reference, in which focus is given to its prophetic-moral orientation for the sake of ethical humanism and the good society. An attempt is undertaken to explore how Confucianism as a sacred canopy plays a formative role in building a culture of trust in China and further creating the global good society in the social construction of reality.engWith permission of the license/copyright holderpublic religionsocial construction of realitycivil societyhumannessrectificationpostcolonial-archeological reasoningAxial AgeIntercultural and contextual theologiesAsian theologiesArticle