Society and the Supernatural in Song China

Society and the Supernatural in Song China
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Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 9780824864361
ISBN-13 : 0824864360
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Download or read book Society and the Supernatural in Song China written by Edward L. Davis and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2001-06-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Society and the Supernatural in Song China is at once a meticulous examination of spirit possession and exorcism in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and a social history of the full panoply of China's religious practices and practitioners at the moment when she was poised to dominate the world economy. Although the Song dynasty (960-1276) is often identified with the establishment of Confucian orthodoxy, Edward Davis demonstrates the renewed vitality of the dynasty's Taoist, Buddhist, and local religious traditions. He charts the rise of hundreds of new temple-cults and the lineages of clerical exorcists and vernacular priests; the increasingly competitive interaction among all practitioners of therapeutic ritual; and the wide social range of their patrons and clients.


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