Unruly Gods : : Divinity and Society in China /

Unruly Gods : : Divinity and Society in China / / ed. by Robert P. Weller, Meir Shahar.

The first study in English to offer a systematic introduction to the Chinese pantheon of divinities. It challenges received wisdom about Chinese popular religion, which, until now, presented all Chinese deities as mere functionaries and bureaucrats. The essays in this volume eloquently document the...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Archive (pre 2000) eBook Package
MitwirkendeR:
Baptandier, Brigitte,
Hymes, Robert,
Katz, Paul,
Sangren, P. Steven,
Shahar, Meir,
Sutton, Donald,
Weller, Robert,
HerausgeberIn:
Shahar, Meir,
Weller, Robert P.,
Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [1996]
©1996
Year of Publication:1996
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction: Gods and Society in China
  • 2. Personal Relations and Bureaucratic Hierarchy in Chinese Religion: Evidence from the Song Dynasty
  • 3. Enlightened Alchemist or Immoral Immortal? The Growth of Lü Dongbin’s Cult in Late Imperial China
  • 4. The Lady Linshui: How a Woman Became a Goddess
  • 5. Myths, Gods, and Family Relations
  • 6. Vernacular Fiction and the Transmission of Gods’ Cults in Late Imperial China
  • 7. Transmission in Popular Religion: The Jiajiang Festival Troupe of Southern Taiwan
  • 8. Matricidal Magistrates and Gambling Gods: Weak States and Strong Spirits in China
  • Glossary
  • Index
  • Contributors

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