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Author : David Crockett Graham
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Folk Religion in Southwest China written by David Crockett Graham and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : He Ming
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000318176
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Ethnicity and Religion in Southwest China written by He Ming and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-23 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As China strengthens its links with its neighbours through its Belt and Road initiative, there is growing interest in the indigenous peoples of China’s western and southwestern borderlands. This book, based on extensive original research, considers the indigenous peoples of Yunnan province, which is a major gateway between China and the countries of south and south-east Asia. Unlike many books on China’s indigenous peoples which are written by foreigners who have lived for a while in China, this book is comprised of the work of Chinese scholars, many of them members of ethnic minorities themselves, and considers the issues from a Chinese perspective.
Author : Xisha MA
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047428013
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)
Download or read book Popular Religion and Shamanism written by Xisha MA and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2011-02-14 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Religion and Shamanism addresses two areas of religion within Chinese society; the lay teachings that Chinese scholars term folk or “popular” religion, and shamanism. Each area represents a distinct tradition of scholarship, and the book is therefore split into two parts. Part I: Popular Religion discusses the evolution of organized lay movements over an arc of ten centuries. Its eight chapters focus on three key points: the arrival and integration of new ideas before the Song dynasty, the coalescence of an intellectual and scriptural tradition during the Ming, and the efflorescence of new organizations during the late Qing.
Author : David Faure
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774823704
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)
Download or read book Chieftains into Ancestors written by David Faure and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While official Chinese history has always been written from a centrist viewpoint, Chieftains into Ancestors describes the intersection of imperial administration and chieftain-dominated local culture in the culturally diverse southwestern region of China. Contemplating the rhetorical question of how one can begin to rewrite the story of a conquered people whose past was never transcribed in the first place, the authors combine anthropological fieldwork with historical textual analysis to build a new regional history – one that recognizes the ethnic, religious, and gendered transformations that took place in China’s nation-building process.
Author : Liang Yongjia
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429944039
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Religious and Ethnic Revival in a Chinese Minority written by Liang Yongjia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-08-06 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on anthropological fieldwork among the Bai, an ethnic minority with a population of two million in Dali, southwest China. It explores the religious and ethnic revival in the last two decades against a historical background. It explains why and how religions and ethnic identity are revived in contemporary China, with the revived analytical concept of "alterity", which suggests a world beyond here and now. The book focuses on the particular institutions and ritual technologies that seek for access to the invisible, transcendental other—both spatial and temporal. It covers a variety of topics, including pre-modern kingship, modern utopia, religious alterity, ethnic identity, religious associations, the Intangible Cultural Heritage, and temple restorations.
Author : Fenggang Yang
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004369902
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Atlas of Religion in China: Social and Geographical Contexts written by Fenggang Yang and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The speed and the scale with which traditional religions in China have been revived and new spiritual movements have emerged in recent decades make it difficult for scholars to stay up-to-date on the religious transformations within Chinese society. This unique atlas presents a bird’s-eye view of the religious landscape in China today. In more than 150 full-color maps and six different case studies, it maps the officially registered venues of China’s major religions - Buddhism, Christianity (Protestant and Catholic), Daoism, and Islam - at the national, provincial, and county levels. The atlas also outlines the contours of Confucianism, folk religion, and the Mao cult. Further, it describes the main organizations, beliefs, and rituals of China’s main religions, as well as the social and demographic characteristics of their respective believers. Putting multiple religions side by side in their contexts, this atlas deploys the latest qualitative, quantitative and spatial data acquired from censuses, surveys, and fieldwork to offer a definitive overview of religion in contemporary China. An essential resource for all scholars and students of religion and society in China.
Author : Richard J. Gehman
Publisher : East African Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9789966253545
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (535 download)
Download or read book African Traditional Religion in Biblical Perspective written by Richard J. Gehman and published by East African Publishers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Morris I. Berkowitz
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Tenacity of Chinese Folk Tradition written by Morris I. Berkowitz and published by Institute of Southeast Asian. This book was released on 2018-06-11 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new synthesis of the work of two studies: the first (Folk Religion in an Urban Setting) investigates the religious organization at village level and the second (Urban Chinese) shows practices from most of the various levels of possible Chinese practices as expected in a mixed community of urban dwellers. Reviews data and attempts to interpret it in terms of changes in traditional religious practices currently appearing and their implications for the future . With two figures.
Author : Lan Li
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317077954
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Popular Religion in Modern China written by Lan Li and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 1980s, China's rapid economic growth and social transformation have greatly altered the role of popular religion in the country. This book makes a new contribution to the research on the phenomenon by examining the role which popular religion has played in modern Chinese politics. Popular Religion in Modern China uses Nuo as an example of how a popular religion has been directly incorporated into the Chinese Community Party's (CCP) policies and how the religion functions as a tool to maintain socio-political stability, safeguard national unification and raise the country's cultural 'soft power' in the eyes of the world. It provides rich new material on the interplay between contemporary Chinese politics, popular religion and economic development in a rapidly changing society.
Author : Jonathan Chamberlain
Publisher : Blacksmith Books
ISBN 13 : 9881774217
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (817 download)
Download or read book Chinese Gods written by Jonathan Chamberlain and published by Blacksmith Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese gods: Who are they? Where did they come from? And what do they do? Chinese folk religion is the underlying belief system of more than a billion Chinese people. This title helps us understand the building blocks of this religion for which even the Chinese have no name.
Author : Denise M. Glover
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295804513
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)
Download or read book Explorers and Scientists in China's Borderlands, 1880-1950 written by Denise M. Glover and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scientists and explorers profiled in this engaging study of pioneering Euro-American exploration of late imperial and Republican China range from botanists to ethnographers to missionaries. Although a diverse lot, all believed in objective, progressive, and universally valid science; a close association between scientific and humanistic knowledge; a lack of conflict between science and faith; and the union of the natural world and the world of "nature people." Explorers and Scientists in China's Borderlands examines their cultural and personal assumptions while emphasizing their remarkable lives, and considers their contributions to a body of knowledge that has important contemporary significance. Essays are devoted to D. C. Graham, Joseph Rock, Reginald Farrer and George Forrest, Ernest Henry Wilson, Paul Vial, Johan Gunnar Andersson and Ding Wenjiang, and Friedrich Weiss and Hedwig Weiss-Sonnenburg. Richly illustrated with historic photographs, this collection reveals the extraordinary lives and times of these remarkable people.
Author : Janet Lee Scott
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789622098275
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (982 download)
Download or read book For Gods, Ghosts and Ancestors written by Janet Lee Scott and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offerings of various kinds – food, incense, paper money and figures – have been central to Chinese culture for millennia, and as a public, visual display of spiritual belief, they are still evident today in China and in Chinatowns around the world. Using Hong Kong as a case study, Janet Scott looks at paper offerings from every conceivable angle – how they are made, sold, and used. Her comprehensive investigation touches on virtually every aspect of Chinese popular religion as it explores the many forms of these intricate objects, their manufacture, their significance, and their importance in rituals to honor gods, care for ancestors, and contend with ghosts. Throughout For Gods, Ghosts and Ancestors, paper offerings are presented as a vibrant and living tradition expressing worshippers' respect and gratitude for the gods, as well as love and concern for departed family members. Ranging from fake paper money to paper furniture, servant dolls, cigarettes, and toiletries – all multihued and artfully constructed – paper offerings are intended to provide for the needs of those in the spirit world. Readers are introduced to the variety of paper offerings and their uses in worship, in assisting worshippers with personal difficulties, and in rituals directed to gods, ghosts, and ancestors. We learn of the manufacture and sale of paper goods, life in paper shops, the training of those who make paper offerings, and the symbolic and artistic dimensions of the objects. Finally, the book considers the survival of this traditional craft, the importance of flexibility and innovation, and the role of compassion and filial piety in the use of paper offerings.
Author : Adam Yuet Chau
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509535683
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)
Download or read book Religion in China written by Adam Yuet Chau and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-07-12 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, there has been an astonishing revival of religious practices in China. Looking beyond numerical counts of religious practitioners, temples, and churches, anthropologist Adam Yuet Chau's vivid study explores how religion is embedded in contemporary Chinese lives and society, from personal devotion to community-wide festivals. Covering Buddhism, Daoism, and folk religion, as well as Christianity and Islam, this ethnographically rich book provides insights into the contemporary relevance of religious traditions in Chinese societies. By considering the ways in which Chinese people ‘do’ religion, Chau reveals how religious practice plays a critical role in establishing and maintaining a wide range of relationships: between people, spirits, and places; ritual service providers and their customers; the state and religious groups. He argues that relationality is the key anchor of religious lifeworlds, and this insight demands an entirely new way of approaching religion everywhere. This lively account will appeal to those studying or curious about Chinese or East Asian religions, and serves as a perfect gateway to understanding religious practices in China today.
Author : John T. Marcus
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 9780838620571
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (25 download)
Download or read book Sub Specie Historiae written by John T. Marcus and published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists of a series of related essays that deal with a new approach to historical-mindedness and a new way of understanding the distinguishing characteristics of Western civilization.
Author : Fan-Pen Li Chen
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773531971
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)
Download or read book Chinese Shadow Theatre written by Fan-Pen Li Chen and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2007 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her study of Chinese shadow theatre Fan-Pen Li Chen documents and corrects misconceptions about this once-popular art form. She argues how a traditional folk theatre reflected and subverted Chinese popular culture.
Author : Enoch Wan
Publisher : William Carey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1645080099
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Christian Witness in Pluralistic Contexts in the Twenty-First Century written by Enoch Wan and published by William Carey Publishing. This book was released on 2004-09-15 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume is not a set of textbook answers on how to witness to Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, and people with other religions based on simple formulas. It is the wrestlings, affirmations, and testimonies of those who have been deeply involved in ministries to people of other religious faiths and have thought deeply about the issues religious pluralism raises." - Paul G. Hiebert, Professor Emeritus, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Author : Albert C. Moore
Publisher : Chris Robertson
ISBN 13 : 0800604881
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Iconography of Religions written by Albert C. Moore and published by Chris Robertson. This book was released on 1977 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
