The Flying Phoenix : : Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan /

The Flying Phoenix : : Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan / / David K. Jordan, Daniel L. Overmyer.

Anthropologist David Jordan and Daniel Overmyer, a historian of religions, present a joint analysis of the most important group of sectarian religious societies in contemporary Taiwan: those that engage in automatic writing seances, or worship by means of the phoenix" writing implement.Original...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
VerfasserIn:
Jordan, David K.,
Overmyer, Daniel L.,
MitwirkendeR:
Jordan, David K.,
Overmyer, Daniel L.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1986
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 390
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Physical Description:1 online resource (356 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • A PERSONAL INTRODUCTION
  • A PERSONAL INTRODUCTION
  • 1. OVERVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS
  • 2. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND! POPULAR RELIGIOUS SECTS IN CHINA AND TAIWAN
  • 3. BACKGROUND OF THE Chi
  • 4. CASE STUDY I: HISTORY OF THE HALL OF THE WONDROUS DHARMA
  • 5. PAPERS OF THE HALL OF THE WONDROUS DHARMA
  • 6. CASE STUDY II: THE COMPASSION SOCIETY, A BRIEF HISTORY
  • 7. A COMPASSION SOCIETY LOCAL BRANCH HALL: A POLITICAL FIELD
  • 8. SOME COMPASSION SOCIETY BELIEVERS
  • 9. CASE STUDY III: THE UNITY SECT (I-kuan Tao)
  • 10. WRITINGS OF THE UNITY SECT
  • 11. CONCLUSIONS
  • APPENDICES
  • WORKS CITED
  • INDEX
  • Backmatter

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