The Flying Phoenix :Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan ( Princeton Legacy Library )

Publication subTitle :Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan

Publication series :Princeton Legacy Library

Author: Jordan David K.;Overmyer Daniel L.;;  

Publisher: Princeton University Press‎

Publication year: 2014

E-ISBN: 9781400854202

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691073040

Subject: B9 Religion;B92 宗教理论与概况;C0 Social Science Theory and Methodology

Keyword: 宗教,社会科学理论与方法论

Language: ENG

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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.

Originally published in 1986.

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Chapter

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

Introductions

Introductions

A Personal Introduction (Jordan)

A Personal Introduction (Jordan)

A Personal Introduction (Overmyer)

A Personal Introduction (Overmyer)

1. Overview and Conclusions

1. Overview and Conclusions

2. The Historical Background: Popular Religious Sects in China and Taiwan

2. The Historical Background: Popular Religious Sects in China and Taiwan

3. Background of the Chi

3. Background of the Chi

4. Case Study I: History of the Hall of the Wondrous Dharma

4. Case Study I: History of the Hall of the Wondrous Dharma

5. Papers of the Hall of the Wondrous Dharma

5. Papers of the Hall of the Wondrous Dharma

6. Case Study II: The Compassion Society, A Brief History

6. Case Study II: The Compassion Society, A Brief History

7. A Compassion Society Local Branch Hall: A Political Field

7. A Compassion Society Local Branch Hall: A Political Field

8. Some Compassion Society Believers

8. Some Compassion Society Believers

9. Case Study III: The Unity Sect (I-Kuan Tao)

9. Case Study III: The Unity Sect (I-Kuan Tao)

10. Writings of the Unity Sect

10. Writings of the Unity Sect

11. Conclusions

11. Conclusions

Appendices

Appendices

Works Cited

Works Cited

Index

Index

Illustrations

Illustrations

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