ISBN:
9789004424135
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 342 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Religion in Chinese societies volume 16
Series Statement:
Religion in Chinese societies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Text and context in the modern history of Chinese religions
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Text and context in the modern history of Chinese religions
DDC:
299.50951/0904
Keywords:
Cults History 20th century
;
Spiritualism History 20th century
;
Spirit writings History 20th century
;
Religious literature, Chinese History and criticism
;
Religious literature Publishing
;
Religious literature Distributon
;
China Religion 20th century
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
China
;
Religiöse Literatur
;
Neue Religion
;
Kult
Abstract:
"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"--
Note:
Includes index
DOI:
10.1163/9789004424166
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