Unruly Gods : Divinity and Society in China /

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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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Otros Autores: Baptandier, Brigitte (Contribuidor), Hymes, Robert (Contribuidor), Katz, Paul (Contribuidor), Sangren, P. Steven (Contribuidor), Shahar, Meir (Contribuidor, Editor ), Sutton, Donald (Contribuidor), Weller, Robert P. (Editor ), Weller, Robert (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, [1996]
Temas:
Gods, Chinese.
RELIGION / Eastern.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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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