The flying phoenix : aspects of Chinese sectarianism in Taiwan / by David K. Jordan and Daniel L. Overmyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jordan, David K., author.

Overmyer, Daniel L., 1935- author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton legacy library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sects--Taiwan.

Sects.

Spirit writings.

Automatism.

Taiwan--Religion.

Taiwan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1986]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

A PERSONAL INTRODUCTION / Jordan, David K.

A PERSONAL INTRODUCTION / Overmyer, Daniel L.

1. OVERVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS

2. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND! POPULAR RELIGIOUS SECTS IN CHINA AND TAIWAN

3. BACKGROUND OF THE Chi

4. CASE STUDY I: HISTORY 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

7. A COMPASSION SOCIETY LOCAL BRANCH HALL: A POLITICAL FIELD

8. SOME COMPASSION SOCIETY BELIEVERS

9. CASE STUDY III: THE UNITY SECT (I-kuan Tao)

10. WRITINGS OF THE UNITY SECT

11. CONCLUSIONS

APPENDICES

WORKS CITED

INDEX

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [311]-322.

ISBN:

9781400854202

1400854202

OCLC:

889248939