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...

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1. VerfasserIn: Ownby, David 1958- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill [2019]
In: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Jahr: 2019, Band: 6, Heft: 2, Seiten: 209-228
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B China / Weißer Lotos / Yiguan Dao / Ch'i-kung / Religiöse Gemeinschaft / Erlösung
RelBib Classification:AA Religionswissenschaft
AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik
AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion
AZ Neue Religionen
KBM Asien
weitere Schlagwörter: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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Zusammenfassung:“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.
ISSN:2214-3955
Enthält:Enthalten in: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/22143955-00602004