The Wiley-Blackwell companion to Chinese religions
Comprising the most up-to-date, interdisciplinary research on the study of Chinese religious beliefs and cultural practices, this volume explores the rich and complex religious and philosophical traditions that have developed and flourished in one of the world's oldest civilizations. Covers the...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Malden, MA Oxford
Wiley-Blackwell
2012
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| In: | Year: 2012 |
| Series/Journal: | Wiley-Blackwell companions to religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Religion
/ Confucianism
/ Buddhism
/ Taoism
/ Folk religion
/ Islam
/ Christianity
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B China Religion China B China B Religion B Chine - Religion B RELIGION ; Eastern B China Religion |
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| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Comprising the most up-to-date, interdisciplinary research on the study of Chinese religious beliefs and cultural practices, this volume explores the rich and complex religious and philosophical traditions that have developed and flourished in one of the world's oldest civilizations. Covers the main Chinese traditions of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism as well as Christianity and Islam. Features a unique organizational structure, with groups of readings focused on historical, traditions-based, and topical elements of Chinese religion. Explores a number of contemporary religious topics Introduction /Randall Nadeau --Chinese religion in the Shang and Zhou dynasties /Randall Nadeau --Chinese religion from the Han to Six dynasties /Gil Raz --Chinese religion in the Sui and Tang dynasties /Paul Copp --Chinese religion in the Song and alien dynasties /Shinyi Chao --Chinese religion in the Ming and Qing dynasties /Mark Meulenbeld --The Confucian tradition in China /Keith Knapp --The Daoist tradition in China /Louis Komjathy --Chinese Buddhism /Mario Poceski --Chinese popular religion /Philip Clart --Chinese Islam /James Frankel --Chinese Christianity /Ryan Dunch --Sacred text /Thomas Jansen --Religious ritual /Josh Capitanio --Material culture /Julius Tsai --Nature /James Miller --Divinity /Randall Nadeau --Gender /Beata Grant --Divination /Jue Guo --Asceticism /Stephen Eskildsen --Self-inflicted violence /Jimmy Yu. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 495 pages) |
| ISBN: | 1-4443-6197-X 1-4443-6199-6 1-4443-6143-0 1-118-38434-2 1-78268-325-9 1-280-58796-2 978-1-4443-6143-8 978-1-4443-6197-1 978-1-118-38434-3 978-1-78268-325-4 978-1-4443-6199-5 978-1-280-58796-2 978-1-4051-9031-2 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1002/9781444361995 |
