The Spirits Are Drunk - Comparative Approaches to Chinese Religion

'The Spirits are Drunk' presents Chinese religion as a complex, singular construct that is the basis of Chinese culture and civilization from its inception to the present.

About the author

Jordan Paper is Professor Emeritus of Humanities (Religious Studies, East Asian Studies) at York University. He is also an Associate Fellow at the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society and Adjunct Professor in the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria. He is the author of several books, including The Mystic Experience: A Descriptive and Comparative Analysis and The Spirits Are Drunk: Comparative Approaches to Chinese Religion, both published by SUNY Press, as well as Through the Earth Darkly: Female Spirituality in Comparative Perspective and Offering Smoke: The Sacred Pipe and Native American Religion.

Product details

• Authors: Jordan Paper
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9780791423165
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-2316-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 227 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 445 g
• Series: Suny Series, Chinese Philosoph; Suny Chinese Philosophy and Cu
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions