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Author : Romeyn Taylor
Release : 1981
Genre : China
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Book Synopsis Official and Popular Religion and the Political Organization of Chinese Society in the Ming by : Romeyn Taylor
Download or read book Official and Popular Religion and the Political Organization of Chinese Society in the Ming written by Romeyn Taylor. This book was released on 1981. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C.K. Yang
Release : 2022-05-27
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 374/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Religion in Chinese Society by : C.K. Yang
Download or read book Religion in Chinese Society written by C.K. Yang. This book was released on 2022-05-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1961.
Author : Christian Jochim
Release : 1986
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Chinese Religions by : Christian Jochim
Download or read book Chinese Religions written by Christian Jochim. This book was released on 1986. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers Confucianism, Taoism, and Chinese Buddhism focusing on the interaction between religion and aspects of Chinese culture such as the family, the community, the arts, etc.
Author : Hubert Seiwert
Release : 2003-05-19
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 340/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Popular Religious Movements and Heterodox Sects in Chinese History by : Hubert Seiwert
Download or read book Popular Religious Movements and Heterodox Sects in Chinese History written by Hubert Seiwert. This book was released on 2003-05-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking book surveys the entire history of popular religious sects in Chinese history. “Publish this Book!” is the unequivocal recommendation taken from the peer reviews. In part one the reader will find a thorough treatment of the formation of the notions of orthodoxy and heterodoxy in the contexts of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. Chronologically organized, the work continues to deal with each new religious movement; its teachings, scriptures, social organisation, and political significance. The discussions on the patterns laid bare and on the dynamics of popular religious movements in Chinese society, make this book indispensable for all those who wish to gain a true understanding of the mechanics of Popular religious movements in historical and contemporary China.
Author : Sarah Schneewind
Release : 2020-10-26
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 990/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Shrines to Living Men in the Ming Political Cosmos by : Sarah Schneewind
Download or read book Shrines to Living Men in the Ming Political Cosmos written by Sarah Schneewind. This book was released on 2020-10-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: """Shrines to Living Men in the Ming Political Cosmos"", the first book focusing on premortem shrines in any era of Chinese history, places the institution at the intersection of politics and religion. When a local official left his post, grateful subjects housed an image of him in a temple, requiting his grace: that was the ideal model. By Ming times, the “living shrine” was legal, old, and justified by readings of the classics.Sarah Schneewind argues that the institution could invite and pressure officials to serve local interests; the policies that had earned a man commemoration were carved into stone beside the shrine. Since everyone recognized that elite men might honor living officials just to further their own careers, premortem shrine rhetoric stressed the role of commoners, who embraced the opportunity by initiating many living shrines. This legitimate, institutionalized political voice for commoners expands a scholarly understanding of “public opinion” in late imperial China, aligning it with the efficacy of deities to create a nascent political conception Schneewind calls the “minor Mandate of Heaven.” Her exploration of premortem shrine theory and practice illuminates Ming thought and politics, including the Donglin Party’s battle with eunuch dictator Wei Zhongxian and Gu Yanwu’s theories."
