Way and Byway - Taoism, Local Religion, Models of Divinity in Sung Modern China

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Über den Autor / die Autorin

Robert Hymes is Professor of Chinese History at Columbia University. He is coeditor of Ordering the World: Approaches to State and Society in Sung Dynasty China (California, 1993) and author of Statesmen and Gentlemen: The Elite of Fu-chou, Chiang-hsi, in Northern and Southern Sung (1987).

Zusammenfassung

Using a combination of Sung sources and modern ethnography, this text examines the questions: were Chinese gods celestial officials, governing the fate and fortunes of their worshippers; or were they personal beings, offering protection in exchange for reverence and sacrifice.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Robert Hymes, Robert P. Hymes, Hymes Robert P.
• Mitarbeit: Robert Hymes (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: University Of California Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 21.05.2002
• EAN: 9780520207592
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20759-2
• Seiten: 381
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Geowissenschaften > Geografie; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Sozialwissenschaften allgemein; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Regional Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Regional / International studies, RELIGION / Taoism, Taoism