From female Daoist rationality to Kundao practice: Daoism beyond Weber’s understanding

Abstract By presenting Cao Wenyi (1039–1119), a female Daoist in the Song dynasty, and Kundao Academy 坤道学院, a training center for female Daoists in contemporary China, this essay challenges Max Weber’s description of Daoism. This analysis criticizes two aspects of Weber’s basic position on Daoism, n...

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Main Author: Wang, Robin 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2020
In: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Year: 2020, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 179-198
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Weber, Max 1864-1920, Konfuzianismus und Taoismus / Taoism
B Cao, Wenyi 1039-1119 / Taoism / Woman / Cao, Wenyi 1039-1119, Dadaoge
B Hengyang / Taoism / Woman / Education / History 2005-2020
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism
KBM Asia
TG High Middle Ages
Further subjects:B Kundao
B Song of the Ultimate Source of Great Dao
B Images
B Kundao Academy
B Supreme Polarity
B relational rationality
B Subtle Mystery
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