Early Chinese Religion, Part One: Shang Through Han (1250 Bc-220 Ad) (2 Vols.)

Focused on the social dimensions of Chinese religion, this multi-disciplinary presentation of Buddhism, Daoism, Confucianism, and shamanism in a time of foundational historic change analyzes their respective pantheons, rituals, geographies, organizations, canons, literature, and recent archaeological discoveries.The 24 essays gathered in these volumes provide a composite picture of the history of religion in ancient China from the emergence of writing ca. 1250 BC to the collapse of the first major imperial dynasty in 220 AD.

About the author

John Lagerwey, Ph.D. Harvard University (1975), is Professor of the History of Daoism and Chinese religions at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris-Sorbonne). His primary publications concern the history of Daoist ritual and the ethnography of local society in southeastern China.
Marc Kalinowski, Ph.D. University of Paris (1979), is Professor of Chinese thought and civilization at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris-Sorbonne). He publishes extensively on the history of divination and cosmology in ancient China, including Cosmologie et divination dans la Chine ancienne (Paris 1991), and Divination et société dans la Chine médiévale (Paris, 2003).

Product details

• Assisted by: Marc Kalinowski (Editor), John Lagerwey (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.02.2019
• EAN: 9789004392670
• ISBN: 978-90-04-39267-0
• No. of pages: 1284
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 236 mm x 71 mm
• Weight: 1928 g
• Series: Brill's Paperback Collection; Handbook of Oriental Studies.
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions