Spirit-Writing Cults in the Chaozhou Region between 1860 and 1949 Local Religion and Translocal Religious Movements.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Li, Guoping
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz Verlag, 2023.
Colección:Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes.
Temas:
Spiritualism > China > Chaozhou Shi > 19th century.
Spiritualism > China > Chaozhou Shi > 20th century.
Spirit writings.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Pages
  • Contents
  • List of figures and tables
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1 Objectives of This Study
  • 2 Existing Studies of the Spirit-Writing Movement
  • 3 Chinese Popular Religion
  • 4 Outline of the Book
  • Chapter 1: Chaozhou as a Cultural Region and Changes in Modern Times
  • 1.1 Chaozhou as a Cultural Region
  • 1.2 Changes since 1860
  • Chapter 2: The Use of Spirit-Writing from the Ming to the Republic
  • 2.1 Evoking the Purple Lady
  • 2.2 Curing Diseases
  • 2.3 Geomancy
  • 2.4 Conversing in Poetry
  • 2.5 Fortune-Telling
  • Chapter 3: The Spirit-Writing Movement in Chaozhou
  • 3.1 Factors Stimulating the Spirit-Writing Movement
  • 3.2 The Spread of the Way of Former Heaven
  • 3.3 Burying Corpses and Bones
  • 3.4 Conclusion
  • Chapter 4: Spirit-Writing Cults and Charitable Halls
  • 4.1 Different Definitions and Primary Activities of Charitable Halls
  • 4.2 Four Types of Charitable Halls
  • 4.3 Relationship between Spirit-Writing Cults and Charitable Halls
  • 4.4 Conclusion
  • Chapter 5: Local Spirit-Written Books and Soteriological Notions
  • 5.1 Time, Publishers, Creators, and Motivations
  • 5.2 An Overview of Local Spirit-Written Books
  • 5.3 Soteriological Notions
  • Chapter 6: The Creation of a New Spirit-Writing Cult
  • 6.1 Reactivation of a Local Spirit-Writing Deity and Establishment of the Mingjue Society
  • 6.2 The Content of Shanzong Baojuan (1922)
  • 6.3 An Extraordinary Rewrite
  • 6.4 The Content of Shanzong Baojuan (1930)
  • 6.5 Summary
  • Chapter 7: Spirit-Writing Deities
  • 7.1 Spirit-Writing Deities through History and across Regions
  • 7.2 Presiding Deities
  • 7.3 Spirit-Writing Deities and Cults
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Spirit-Writing Altars and Shantang in Xiashan Town
  • Appendix 2: Surviving Spirit-Written Books Created in Chaozhou
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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