Reproduced from R. Pierce Beaver's, et al., Eerdman's Handbook to the World's Religions (1982 First American Edition Williiam B. Eerdmans Publishing Company All Rights Reserved Sages and Immortals: Chinese Religions John Berthrong Chinese religion is unique. This is partly due to the fact that, alone among the great religions of mankind, Chinese religion first developed in isolation, without the influence of the other great world religions. Confucianism and Taoism, two of the three faiths ...