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Popular religion and shamanism

edited by Ma Xisha and Meng Huiying

(Religious studies in contemporary China collection, v. 1)

Brill, 2011

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民间宗教

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"Translated into English from the original '民间宗教' (Minjian zongjiao) ..." -- T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Popular Religion and Shamanism addresses two areas of religion within Chinese society; the lay teachings that Chinese scholars term folk or "popular" religion, and shamanism. Each area represents a distinct tradition of scholarship, and the book is therefore split into two parts. Part I: Popular Religion discusses the evolution of organized lay movements over an arc of ten centuries. Its eight chapters focus on three key points: the arrival and integration of new ideas before the Song dynasty, the coalescence of an intellectual and scriptural tradition during the Ming, and the efflorescence of new organizations during the late Qing.

Table of Contents

Part I: Popular Religion Translated by Chi Zhen Introduction Thomas David DuBois Chapter 1: The Syncretism of Maitreyan Belief and Manichaeism in Chinese History Ma Xisha Chapter 2: A Study on Equivalent Names of Manichaeism in Chinese Lin Wushu Chapter 3: On the Rise, Decline and Evolution of the Three-in-One Teaching Lin Guoping Chapter 4: The Evolution of the Luo Teaching and the Formation of Green Gang Ma Xisha Chapter 5: The Taigu School and the Yellow Cliff Teaching: Another Case of Transformation from Confucian Academic Group to Religious Sect Han Bingfang Chapter 6: Exploring the History of the Yihetuan Lu Yao Chapter 7: A Preliminary Investigation on the Early History of the Way of Penetrating Unity and its Relationship with the Yihetuan Zhou Yumin Chapter 8: Women in the Secret Popular Religions of the Ming and Qing Dynasties Yu Songqing Bibliography Part II: Shamanism Translated by Anne Henochowicz, Yun C. Lee, Li Hui, Cheryl Cornwell, Timothy Thurston, Yang Qiong, Zhou Hao, Levi Gibbs, Hao-hsiang Liao, and Rongbin Zheng Introduction Mark Bender and Kun Shi Chapter 9: Mongol Shaman Initiation Rites: Case Studies in Eastern Inner Mongolia Guo Shuyun Chapter 10: Characteristics of Shamanism of the Tungusic Speaking People Meng Huiying Chapter 11: Daba Beliefs and Written Script Song Zhaolin Bibliography

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