Popular Religious Movements and Heterodox Sects in Chinese History
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| Author | : Hubert Michael Seiwert |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 584 |
| Release | : 2003-01-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9004131469 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9789004131460 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Popular Religious Movements and Heterodox Sects in Chinese History by : Hubert Michael Seiwert
Book excerpt: Annotation In rough chronological order from antiquity to the 19th century, Seiwert (comparative religion, Leipzig U.) identifies and describes religious communities and movements outside the official religion. For the period before the Ming dynasty, he looks at prophecies and messianism in Han Confucianism, popular sects and the early Daoist tradition, heterodox movements in medieval Buddhism, and popular sectarianism during the Song and Yuan dynasties. He devotes the second half of the book to the Ming and Qing dynasties. Ma Xisha (world religions, Chinese Academy for the Social Sciences) collaborated on the work. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
