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Pilgrims and Sacred Sites in China
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Pages: 470
Authors: Susan Naquin
Categories: Buddhist pilgrims and pilgrimages
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Until now, China has been scarcely represented in the burgeoning comparative literature on pilgrimage. This volume remedies that omission, discussing the intera
Pilgrims and Sacred Sites in China
Language: en
Pages: 460
Authors: Susan Naquin
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-11-15 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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Until now, China has been scarcely represented in the burgeoning comparative literature on pilgrimage. This volume remedies that omission, discussing the intera
Pilgrims, Patrons, and Place
Language: en
Pages: 396
Authors: Phyllis Granoff
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: UBC Press

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This book brings together essays by anthropologists, scholars of religion, and art historians on the subject of sacred place and sacred biography in Asia. The c
The Sacred Routes of Uyghur History
Language: en
Pages: 332
Authors: Rian Thum
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-10-13 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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For 250 years, the Turkic Muslims of Altishahr—the vast desert region to the northwest of Tibet—have led an uneasy existence under Chinese rule. Today they
The Battle for China's Spirit
Language: en
Pages: 140
Authors: Sarah Cook
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-16 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

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The Battle for China’s Spirit is the first comprehensive analysis of its kind, focusing on seven major religious groups in China that together account for ove