The Flying Phoenix : Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan

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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. O...

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Auteurs principaux: Jordan, David K. (Auteur), Overmyer, Daniel L., 1935- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Spirit writings.
Sects.
Religion.
Automatism.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
automatic writing.
Automatisme.
Écrits spirites.
Sectes > Taiwan.
Sects > Taiwan.
Taiwan.
Taiwan > Religion.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these importan
Description:Cover; Contents; Illustrations.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (352 pages).
ISBN:9781400854202

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