The “Redemption” of Redemptive Societies
“Redemptive societies” is a term often used to refer to the organized expression of salvationist religious activity in Republican period China. These groups were a major part of Chinese social and cultural life in the decades preceding the Communist revolution, and are related, in ways that remain u...
| Published in: | Review of Religion and Chinese Society |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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| In: |
Review of Religion and Chinese Society
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Weißer Lotos
/ Yiguan Dao
/ Qi gong
/ Comunidade religiosa
/ Redenção
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements KBM Asia |
| Further subjects: | B
一贯道
B 会道门 B huidaomen B 气功 B 救世团体 B Qigong B redemptive societies B Yiguandao |
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| Summary: | “Redemptive societies” is a term often used to refer to the organized expression of salvationist religious activity in Republican period China. These groups were a major part of Chinese social and cultural life in the decades preceding the Communist revolution, and are related, in ways that remain unclear, to the “White Lotus” sectarian traditions under the dynasties, and to the qigong boom of the 1980s and 1990s. This article assesses the state of the field of studies on redemptive societies, and offers suggestions for its future development. |
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| ISSN: | 2214-3955 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22143955-00602004 |