De Jiao ("Teaching of Virtue") is a China-born religious movement, based on spirit-writing and rooted in the tradition of the "halls for good deeds", which emerged in Chaozhou during the Sino-Japanese war. This book relates the fascinating process of its spread throughout Southe…
Religion in China & its modern fate
by Katz, Paul R., Shahar, Meir
fromMenahem Stern Jerusalem lectures
An original study of Chinese religious life during the tumultuous first half of the twentieth century.
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 i…
"The Six Healing Sounds that keep the vital organs in optimal condition"--Provided by publisher.
This work offers new insights into the secondary scripture of the Sikhs, Dasam Patshah Ka Granth or the Granth of Guru Gobind Singh. It takes a multi-disciplinary approach and considers the relationship of the scripture in terms of early manuscripts, apocryphal translations, and…