Practicing Scripture : : A Lay Buddhist Movement in Late Imperial China / / Barend ter Haar.
Practicing Scripture is an original and detailed history of one of the most successful religious movements of late imperial China, the Non-Action Teachings, or Wuweijiao, from its beginnings in the late sixteenth century in the prefectures of southern Zhejiang to the middle of the twentieth century,...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (312 p.) :; 4 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Patriarch Luo: From Soldier to Religious Teacher
- 3. Charismatic Teachers against the Current
- 4. Spirited Debates and Sudden Conversions
- 5. Religious Beliefs and Ritual Practices
- 7. The Routinization of Charisma
- 8. Rediscovering Lay Buddhism
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author