In this Book
- The Flying Phoenix: Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Legacy Library
Anthropologist 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.
Originally published in 1986.
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Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- A Personal Introduction (Jordan)
- pp. xi-xvi
- A Personal Introduction (Overmyer)
- pp. xviii-xx
- 1. Overview and Conclusions
- pp. 3-15
- 3. Background of the Chi
- pp. 36-88
- 5. Papers of the Hall of the Wondrous Dharma
- pp. 107-128
- 8. Some Compassion Society Believers
- pp. 182-212
- 9. Case Study III: The Unity Sect
- pp. 213-249
- 10. Writings of the Unity Sect
- pp. 250-266
- 11. Conclusions
- pp. 267-288
- Appendix 2. Rituals of the Unity Sect
- pp. 293-303
- Works Cited
- pp. 311-322