China’s Creation and Origin Myths ：Cross-cultural Explorations in Oral and Written Traditions ( 1 )

Publication subTitle ：Cross-cultural Explorations in Oral and Written Traditions

Publication series ：1

Author： Schipper   Mineke;Ye   Shuxian;Yin   Hubin  

Publisher： Brill‎

Publication year： 2011

E-ISBN: 9789004214804

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789004194854

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9789004194854

Subject： I057 Folk Literature

Language： ENG

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This book makes a provocative case for the comparative study of China’s oral and written myth traditions in different languages and cultures. It opens new doors to the study of Chinese mythologies, a surprising and so far almost unknown world outside China.

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Contents

pp.：  5 – 6

List of Illustrations, Maps, and Tables

pp.：  7 – 8

Note on Transliteration and Style

pp.：  9 – 10

Acknowledgements

pp.：  11 – 12

Chapter One Introduction: The Babi/Baha’i Movement

pp.：  13 – 32

Chapter Two The African Presence at the Genesis of the Babi/Baha’i Religions

pp.：  33 – 54

Chapter Three Opting for the Apocalypse: The Baha’i Response to the Modern Crisis in the Middle East and West Africa

pp.：  55 – 74

Chapter Four Planting the Baha’i Faith in West Africa: The First Decade

pp.：  75 – 126

Chapter Five The Roots of Baha’i Conversion in British Cameroons

pp.：  127 – 170

Chapter Six British Cameroons: A Movement Develops

pp.：  171 – 206

Chapter Seven The Baha’i Church of Calabar

pp.：  207 – 230

Afterword In Lieu of a Conclusion

pp.：  231 – 236

Appendix A List of Baha’is in British Cameroons, 1958

pp.：  237 – 270

Bibliography

pp.：  271 – 288

Index

pp.：  289 – 292

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