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The Flying Phoenix: Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan
Author Jordan, David K. (著) ; Overmyer, Daniel L. (著)
Date1986
Pages329
PublisherPrinceton University Press
Publisher Url https://press.princeton.edu/
LocationPrinceton, NJ, US [普林斯顿, 紐澤西州, 美國]
SeriesPrinceton legacy library
Series No.390
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
Note1. David K. Jordan, University of California San Diego, USA.

2. Daniel L. Overmyer, University of British Columbia, Canada.
AbstractAnthropologist 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.
Table of contentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
A PERSONAL INTRODUCTION / David K. Jordan xi
A PERSONAL INTRODUCTION / Daniel L. Overmyer xvii
1 OVERVIEW AND CONCLUSIONS 3
2 THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: POPULAR RELIGIOUS SECTS IN CHINA AND TAIWAN 16
3 BACKGROUND OF THE Chi 36
4 CASE STUDY I: HISTORY OF THE HALL OF THE WONDROUS DHARMA 89
5 PAPERS OF THE HALL OF THE WONDROUS DHARMA 107
6 CASE STUDY II: THE COMPASSION SOCIETY, A BRIEF HISTORY 129
7 A COMPASSION SOCIETY LOCAL BRANCH HALLI: A POLITICAL FIELD 141
8 SOME COMPASSION SOCIETY BELIEVERS 182
9 CASE STUDY III: THE UNITY SECT (I–kuan Tao) 213
10 WRITINGS OF THE UNITY SECT 250
11 CONCLUSIONS 267
APPENDIX I THE APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION OF THE UNITY SECT 289
APPENDIX 2 RITUALS OF THE UNITY SECT 293
APPENDIX 3 WRITTEN MATERIALS OF THE COMPASSION SOCIETY 304
APPENDIX 4 SOME Fu-chi MAGAZINES PUBLISHED IN TAIWAN 307
APPENDIX 5 TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE “COMPENDIUM OF PRECIOUS SCRIPTURES FROM THE SAINTS AND SAGES” 308
WORKS CITED 311
INDEX 323
ISBN9780691073040; 069107304X; 9780608063317; 0608063312
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