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Text and context in the modern history of Chinese religions : redemptive societies and their sacred texts / Philip Clart, David Ownby and Chien-chuan Wang.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Religion in Chinese Societies; volume 16.
- Religion in Chinese Societies; volume 16
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Spirit writings--China--History--20th century.
- Spirit writings.
- Spiritualism--China--History--20th century.
- Spiritualism.
- Cults--China--History--20th century.
- Cults.
- China--Religion--20th century.
- China.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands : Brill, 2020.
- Summary:
- "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".
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-42416-4
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004424166 DOI
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