Not by Valor or Victory Alone: Religious Agency in the Apotheosis of the Chinese Warrior Hero

In the civilizations of the classical West, as exemplified foremost by that of Greece, as well as in that of early imperial China, the idea that humans who excelled exceptionally in war could merit deification was an abiding operative assumption. Given this premise, unsurprising then is the fact tha...

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Main Author: Wyatt, Don J. 1953- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center 2021
In: Journal of religion and violence
Year: 2021, Volume: 9, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 171-193
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