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Anthropologist David Jordan and Daniel Overmyer, a historian of religions, present a joint analysis of the most important group of sectarian religious societies in contemporary Taiwan: those that engage in automatic writing seances, or worship by means of the phoenix" writing implement.
Originally published in 1986.
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Anthropologist David Jordan and Daniel Overmyer, a historian of religions, present a joint analysis of the most important group of sectarian religious societies in contemporary Taiwan: those that engage in automatic writing seances, or worship by means of the phoenix" writing implement. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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David K. Jordan is professor of anthropology at the University of California, San Diego.
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The Flying Phoenix: Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan (Princeton Legacy Library)
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The Flying Phoenix Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan
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The Flying Phoenix : Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan / David K. Jordan, Daniel L. Overmyer
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1986
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First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 352 p.; illustrations. Notes: Bibliography: p 311-322. - Includes index. Contents: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A PERSONAL INTRODUCTION / Jordan, David K. -- A PERSONAL INTRODUCTION / Overmyer, Daniel L. -- 1. OVERVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS -- 2. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND! POPULAR RELIGIOUS SECTS IN CHINA AND TAIWAN -- 3. BACKGROUND OF THE Chi -- 4. CASE STUDY I: HISTORY OF THE HALL OF THE WONDROUS DHARMA -- 5. PAPERS OF THE HALL OF THE WONDROUS DHARMA -- 6. CASE STUDY II: THE COMPASSION SOCIETY, A BRIEF HISTORY -- 7. A COMPASSION SOCIETY LOCAL BRANCH HALL: A POLITICAL FIELD -- 8. SOME COMPASSION SOCIETY BELIEVERS -- 9. CASE STUDY III: THE UNITY SECT (I-kuan Tao) -- 10. WRITINGS OF THE UNITY SECT -- 11. CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDICES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- Backmatter. Subjects: Automatism.Sects Taiwan. Spirit writings. Automatism. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT ; Spirituality ; Paganism & Neo-Paganism. Religion in Africa. RELIGION Comparative Religion. Religion, Jewish Studies, Theology. Sects Taiwan. Sects. Spirit writings. Theology / Judaism / Religion. Andere Religionen. SOCIAL SCIENCE General. Automatism. Religion.Sects. Spirit writings. Spirit writings. Automatism. automatic writing. 1 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 381801
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The Flying Phoenix : Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan / David K. Jordan, Daniel L. Overmyer
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First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 352 p.; illustrations. Notes: Bibliography: p 311-322. - Includes index. Contents: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- A PERSONAL INTRODUCTION / Jordan, David K. -- A PERSONAL INTRODUCTION / Overmyer, Daniel L. -- 1. OVERVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS -- 2. THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND! POPULAR RELIGIOUS SECTS IN CHINA AND TAIWAN -- 3. BACKGROUND OF THE Chi -- 4. CASE STUDY I: HISTORY OF THE HALL OF THE WONDROUS DHARMA -- 5. PAPERS OF THE HALL OF THE WONDROUS DHARMA -- 6. CASE STUDY II: THE COMPASSION SOCIETY, A BRIEF HISTORY -- 7. A COMPASSION SOCIETY LOCAL BRANCH HALL: A POLITICAL FIELD -- 8. SOME COMPASSION SOCIETY BELIEVERS -- 9. CASE STUDY III: THE UNITY SECT (I-kuan Tao) -- 10. WRITINGS OF THE UNITY SECT -- 11. CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDICES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- Backmatter. Subjects: Automatism.Sects Taiwan. Spirit writings. Automatism. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT ; Spirituality ; Paganism & Neo-Paganism. Religion in Africa. RELIGION Comparative Religion. Religion, Jewish Studies, Theology. Sects Taiwan. Sects. Spirit writings. Theology / Judaism / Religion. Andere Religionen. SOCIAL SCIENCE General. Automatism. Religion.Sects. Spirit writings. Spirit writings. Automatism. automatic writing. 1 Kg. N° de réf. du vendeur 381801
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