Mandarins and heretics : the construction of "heresy" in Chinese state discourse /

"In Mandarins and Heretics, Wu Junqing explores the denunciation and persecution of lay religious groups in late imperial (14th to 20th century) China. These groups varied greatly in their organisation and teaching, yet in official state records they are routinely portrayed as belonging to the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wu, Junqing, 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Series:Religion in Chinese societies ; v. 11.
Subjects:
Religion and state > China > History.
Cults > China > History.
Sects > China > History.
Religion and politics > China > History.
Religion et État > Chine > Histoire.
Sectes > Chine > Histoire.
Religion et politique > Chine > Histoire.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Cults
Religion
Religion and politics
Religion and state
Sects
China > Religion > History.
Chine > Religion > Histoire.
China
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Mandarin wine in Western wineskins: terminological problems
  • A pre-history: black magic and Messianism in early political and
  • Legal discourse
  • Landscape of late imperial religious life
  • Black magic in the heresy construct
  • Messianism in the heresy construct
  • Victims of the heresy construct
  • Heresy in the modern era: transmission and transformation.

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