Als Tengo seinen komatösen Vater im Krankenhaus besuchen will, findet er in dessen Krankenbett eine 'Puppe aus Luft' vor, die ein Abbild Aomames als junges Mädchen in sich birgt. Er greift nach ihrer Hand, und eine unsichtbare Verbindung entsteht. Fortan wartet Tengo darauf, der…
The people and the Dao: new studies in Chinese religions in honour of Dan…
by Religious Thought and Lived Religion in China (Conference), Vancouver, B.C.), Overmyer, Daniel L., Religious Thought and Lived Religion in China: A Conference in Honour of Professor Daniel L. Overmyer on His Retirement, Vancouver, B.C.)
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Contains alphabetically-arranged profiles of over 1,000 different religions found in the United States and throughout the world.
By the twentieth century, science had become so important that religious traditions had to respond to it. Emerging religions, still led by a living founder to guide them, responded with a clarity and focus that illuminates other larger, more established religions' understandings…
Alternative religious groups have had a profound influence on American history-they have challenged the old and opened up new ways of thinking about healing, modes of meaning, religious texts and liturgies, the social and political order, and the relationships between religion a…
Alternative religious groups have had a profound influence on American history-they have challenged the old and opened up new ways of thinking about healing, modes of meaning, religious texts and liturgies, the social and political order, and the relationships between religion a…
"Precious volumes," or pao-chuan, were produced by popular religious sects in the Ming and Ch'ing dynasties. These scriptures were believed to have been divinely revealed to sect leaders and contain teachings and ritual instructions that provide valuable information about a live…