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- Society and the Supernatural in Song China
- Book
- 2001
- Published by: University of Hawai'i Press
summary
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.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. ix
- Abbreviations
- p. xi
- 1 Introduction
- pp. 1-20
- 4 The Cult of the Black Killer
- pp. 67-86
- 6 Tantric Exorcists and Child-Mediums
- pp. 115-152
- 9 The Syncretic Field of Chinese Religion
- pp. 200-225
- Appendix: Huanghu jiao and Shuilu zhai
- pp. 227-241
- Bibliography
- pp. 329-349
Additional Information
ISBN
9780824864361
Related ISBN(s)
9780824823108
MARC Record
OCLC
53481904
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No