Text and context in the modern history of Chinese religions: redemptive societies and their sacred texts

"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 sc...

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Published in:Religion in Chinese societies
Contributors: Clart, Philip 1963- (Editor) ; Ownby, David 1958- (Editor) ; Wang, Chien-chuan (Editor)
Format: Electronic/Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2020]
In: Religion in Chinese societies (volume 16)
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Series/Journal:Religion in Chinese societies volume 16
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China / Religious literature / New religion / Cult
RelBib Classification:AX Inter-religious relations
AZ New religious movements
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Spiritualism (China) History 20th century
B Religious Literature Distributon (China)
B Religious literature, Chinese History and criticism
B Spirit writings (China) History 20th century
B Religious Literature Publishing (China)
B China Religion 20th century
B Cults (China) History 20th century
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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"--
Item Description:Includes index
ISBN:900442413X
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004424166