Popular religion and Shamanism / edited by Xisha Ma and Huiying Meng ; translated by Zhen Chi and Thomas David DuBois.

• TeilnehmendeR: Chi, Zhen, 1975-; DuBois, Thomas David, 1969-; Ma, Xisha, 1943-; Meng, Huiying.
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2011.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Religious Studies in Contemporary China Collection 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (505 p.)
• Notes: "Translated into English from the original"--T.p. verso.

Popular Religion and Shamanism addresses two areas of religion within Chinese society; the lay teachings that Chinese scholars term folk or “popular” religion, and shamanism. Each area represents a distinct tradition of scholarship, and the book is therefore split into two parts. Part I: Popular Religion discusses the evolution of organized lay movements over an arc of ten centuries. Its eight chapters focus on three key points: the arrival and integration of new ideas before the Song dynasty, the coalescence of an intellectual and scriptural tradition during the Ming, and the efflorescence of new organizations during the late Qing. Part II: Shamanism reflects the revived interest of scholars in traditional beliefs and culture that reemerged with the “open” policy in China that occurred in the 1970s. Two of the essays included in this section address shamanism in northeast China where the traditions played an important role in the cultures of the Manchu, Mongol, Sibe, Daur, Oroqen, Evenki, and Hezhen. The other essay discusses divination rites in a local culture of southwest China. Both sections of Popular Religion and Shamanism will introduce Western readers to the ideas of Chinese scholars, not just their data.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / X. Ma and H. Meng -- Introduction / Thomas David Dubois -- Chapter One. The Syncretism Of Maitreyan Belief And Manichaeism In Chinese History / Ma Xisha -- Chapter Two. A Study On Equivalent Names Of Manichaeism In Chinese / Lin Wushu -- Chapter Three. On The Rise, Decline And Evolution Of The Three-In-One Teaching / Lin Guoping -- Chapter Four. The Evolution Of The Luo Teaching And The Formation Of Green Gang / Ma Xisha -- Chapter Five. The Taigu School And The Yellow Cliff Teaching: Another Case Of Transformation From Confucian Academic Group To Religious Sect / Han Bingfang -- Chapter Six. Exploring The History Of The Yihetuan / Lu Yao -- Chapter Seven. A Preliminary Investigation On The Early History Of The Way Of Penetrating Unity And Its Relationship With The Yihetuan / Zhou Yumin -- Chapter Eight. Women In The Secret Popular Religions Of The Ming And Qing Dynasties / Yu Songqing -- Bibliography / X. Ma and H. Meng -- Introduction / Mark Bender and Kun Shi -- Chapter Nine. Mongol Shaman Initiation Rites: Case Studies In Eastern Inner Mongolia / Guo Shuyun -- Chapter Ten. Characteristics Of Shamanism Of The Tungusic Speaking People / Meng Huiying -- Chapter Eleven. Daba Beliefs And Written Script / Song Zhaolin -- Bibliography / X. Ma and H. Meng -- Index / X. Ma and H. Meng.