The Heaven and Earth Society as popular religion

According to the author, the profound disdain with which most governments - Qing, Republican, Communist, or, in the case of Southeast Asia, colonial - have treated Chinese secret societies have obscured the religious elements at the core of the early Heaven and Earth Society (Tiandihui), the most wi...

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Main Author: Ownby, David 1958- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1995
In: The journal of Asian studies
Year: 1995, Volume: 54, Issue: 4, Pages: 1023-1046
Further subjects:B China
B Secret society
B Religion
B Religious organization
B History
B Teaching