Scriptures, Schools and Forms of Practice in Daoism - A Berlin Symposium

Table of contentsI. Daoist Scripture and Practice in Comparative PerspectiveA. Feldtkeller, Scriptures, Forms of Practice, and Comparative ReligionP. Andersen, Scriptural Traditions West and East: Foundation of Belief vs. Frameworks for the Transmission of MethodsS.R. Bokenkamp, Sackcloth and Ashes: Self and Family in the Tutan zhaiJ. Lagerwey, Scriptures are the Dregs of the Men of Old: Scripture and Practice in Comparative PerspectiveE.L. Davis, Daoist Scripture in Comparative Perspective: A Commentary on J. Lagerwey and P. AndersenII. Daoist Scripture and Practice Past and PresentF.C. Reiter, The Name of the Nameless and Thunder MagicP. Nickerson, Attacking the Fortress: Prolegomenon to the Study of Ritual Efficacy in Vernacular DaoismLiu Yi, Research into the Catalogue of the Daozang of the Early Tang Dynasty: Based on Nanzhu guan ji and the Daoist Scriptures of DunhuangWang Zongyu, Historical Materials for the Quanzhen Daoism in the Wuxing AreaV. Olles, Stars and Legends: Some Observations about Sacred Space in Daoism

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• Assisted by: Poul Andersen (Editor), Florian C Reiter (Editor), Florian C. Reiter (Editor)
• Publisher: Harrassowitz
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2005
• EAN: 9783447051712
• ISBN: 978-3-447-05171-2
• No. of pages: 263
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 240 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 676 g
• Illustrations: 11 Abb.
• Series: Asien- und Afrika-Studien der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions