Daoist identity : history, lineage, and ritual / edited by Livia Kohn and Harold D. Roth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kohn, Livia, 1956-

Roth, Harold David.

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Tao.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, c2002.

Language Note:

In English and Japanese

Summary:

Daoist Identity is an exploration of the various means by which Daoists over the centuries have created an identity for themselves. Using modern sociological studies of identity formation as its foundation, it brings together a representative sample of in-depth analyses by eminent American and Japanese scholars in the field. The discussion begins with critical examinations of the ways identity was found among the early movements of the Way of Great Peace and the Celestial Masters. The role of sacred texts and literary culture in Daoist identity formation is discussed. The volume then focuses on lineage formation and the increasing role of popular religious practices, such as spirit-writing, in modern Daoism since the Song dynasty. Finally it discusses the Daoist adaptation and reinterpretation of Buddhist rites, such as the feeding of souls in hell and the use of ritual gestures, and the changes made in contemporary Daoism in relation to traditional rites and popular practices. Contributors: Asano Haruji, Suzanne Cahill, M. Csikszentmihalyi, Edward L. Davis, Terry F. Kleeman, Livia Kohn, Mabuchi Masaya, Maruyama Hiroshi, Mitamura Keiko, Mori Yuria, Peter Nickerson, Charles D. Orzech, Harold D. Roth, Shiga Ichiko, Tsuchiya Masaaki.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. Early Formations

1. Ethnic Identity and Daoist Identity in Traditional China / Kleeman, Terry F.

2. Confession of Sins and Awareness of Self in the Taiping jing / Masaaki, Tsuchiya

3. "Opening the Way" Exorcism, Travel, and Soteriology in Early Daoist Mortuary Practice and Its Antecedents / Nickerson, Peter

Part II. Texts and Symbols

4. Traditional Taxonomies and Revealed Texts in the Han / Csikszentmihàlyi, Mark

5. Material Culture and the Dao Textiles, Boats, and Zithers in the Poetry of Yu Xuanji (844-868) / Cahill, Suzanne

6. A Mid-Ming Reappraisal of the Laozi The Case of Wang Dao / Masaya, Mabuchi

Part III. Lineages and Local Culture

7. Arms and the Dao, 2 The Xu Brothers in Tea Country / Davis, Edward L.

8. Identity and Lineage The Taiyi jinhua zongzhi and the Spirit-Writing Cult to Patriarch Lü in Qing China / Yuria, Mori

9. Manifestations of Lüzu in Modern Guangdong and Hong Kong The Rise and Growth of Spirit-Writing Cults / Ichiko, Shiga

Part IV. Ritual Boundaries

10. Fang Yankou and Pudu Translation, Metaphor, and Religious Identity / Orzech, Charles D.

11. Daoist Hand Signs and Buddhist Mudras / Keiko, Mitamura

12. Documents Used in Rituals of Merit in Taiwanese Daoism / Hiroshi, Maruyama

13. Offerings in Daoist Ritual / Haruji, Asano

Glossary

Names of Authors Cited

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Aug 2019)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780824862138

0824862139

9780585464046

0585464049

OCLC:

52763699