The author investigates the complicated means by which various social and political groups contested with each other in appropriating cultural-religious symbols. The question at the core of the book is how, in a given historical context, human agents and social institutions shape the religious world to which they profess devotion. The work offers a holistic approach to religion in a period of Chinese history when central, local, official, clerical and popular power are constantly negotiating and reshaping established values.
The author investigates the complicated means by which various social and political groups contested with each other in appropriating cultural-religious symbols. The question at the core of the book is how, in a given historical context, human agents and social institutions shape the religious world to which they profess devotion. The work offers a holistic approach to religion in a period of Chinese history when central, local, official, clerical and popular power are constantly negotiating and reshaping established values.
Daoist Ritual, State Religion, and Popular Practices: Zhenwu Worship from Song to Ming (960-1644)
176Daoist Ritual, State Religion, and Popular Practices: Zhenwu Worship from Song to Ming (960-1644)
176Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781138086494 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 05/24/2017 |
Series: | Routledge Studies in Taoism |
Pages: | 176 |
Product dimensions: | 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) |