Making the Gods Speak - The Ritual Production of Revelation in Chinese Religious History

Making the Gods Speak presents a comprehensive accounting for the processes of divine revelations. Focusing the bulk of his analysis on spirit-writing, Vincent Goossaert offers a ritual-centered framework to study revelation in Chinese cultural history and comparatively with the revelatory practices of other religious traditions.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Vincent Goossaert is Research Professor in the Religious Studies Department at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris.

Zusammenfassung

Making the Gods Speak presents a comprehensive accounting for the processes of divine revelations. Focusing the bulk of his analysis on spirit-writing, Vincent Goossaert offers a ritual-centered framework to study revelation in Chinese cultural history and comparatively with the revelatory practices of other religious traditions.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Vincent Goossaert, Goossaert Vincent
• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 01.08.2022
• EAN: 9780674270947
• ISBN: 978-0-674-27094-7
• Seiten: 368
• Serie: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; China, RELIGION / Spirituality, Spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience, Other non-Christian religions, Other religions and spiritual beliefs