Text and context in the modern history of Chinese religions: redemptive societies and their sacred texts
"Text and Context in the Modern History of Chinese Religions: Redemptive Societies and Their Sacred Texts is an edited volume (Philip Clart, David Ownby, and Wang Chien-chuan) offering eight essays on the modern history of redemptive societies in China and Vietnam by an international cast of sc...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | Religion in Chinese societies
volume 16 Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004407343 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Religious literature
/ New religion
/ Cult
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Religion |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "Text and Context in the Modern History of Chinese Religions: Redemptive Societies and Their Sacred Texts is an edited volume (Philip Clart, David Ownby, and Wang Chien-chuan) offering eight essays on the modern history of redemptive societies in China and Vietnam by an international cast of scholars. The focus of the volume is on the texts produced by the various groups, examining questions of textual production (spirit-writing), textual traditions (how to "modernize" traditional discourse), textual authority (the role of texts in making a master a master), and the distribution of texts (via China's experience of "print capitalism"). Throughout, the goal is to explore in depth what some scholars have called the most vital aspect of Chinese religion during the Republican period" |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| ISBN: | 9004424164 |