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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Sprache: | Englisch |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
1995
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The journal of Asian studies
Jahr: 1995, Band: 54, Heft: 4, Seiten: 1023-1046 |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
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B China B Religion B Geschichte B Lehre B Religionsgemeinschaft |
Zusammenfassung: | 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 widespread and well-known of Chinese secret societies. He discusses Tiandihui of early 19th century western Fujian and eastern Jiangxi as an organization grounded in popular religion and local culture. (DÜI-Sen) |
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ISSN: | 0021-9118 |
Enthält: | In: The journal of Asian studies
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