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In search of personal welfare : a view of ancient Chinese religion / Mu-chou Poo.

By: Series: SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culturePublication details: Albany : State University of New York Press, c1998.Description: xiii, 331 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0791436292 (alk. paper)
  • 9780791436295 (alk. paper)
  • 0791436306 (pbk : alk. paper)
  • 9780791436301 (pbk : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 299/.51/0901 21
LOC classification:
  • BL1802 .P65 1998
Contents:
Toward a History of the Everyday, Personal Religion of Ancient China -- Religion and Extra-human Powers: Working Definitions -- The Popular-Religion Paradigm in Earlier Research and Theory -- Roots of a Religion of Personal Welfare -- Prelude -- The Religion of the Shang People -- The Religion of the Chou People -- Personal Welfare in the Context of Mantic Technique -- Omens -- Divination -- Witchcraft and Exorcism -- Ghosts and Spirits -- Souls, Spirits, and the Abode of the Dead -- Newly Discovered Daybooks and Everyday Religion -- The Jih-shu or Daybooks -- Elements of Religion in the Classic of Mountains and Seas -- Jih-shu and Shan-hai-ching: Dealing with Domestic and Foreign Environments -- Emperors, Courtiers, and the Development of Official Cults -- The Establishment of the Official Cult of the Ch'in Empire -- The Establishment of the Han Official Cult -- Personal Factors and Official Religion -- Reassessing Han Official Religion -- Beliefs and Practices in Everyday Life of the Han Dynasty -- Religious Activities Related to the Agricultural Cycle -- Religious Activities Related to the Life Cycle -- Religious Activities in Everyday Life -- Local Cults -- Omens and Portents -- Immortality, Soul, and the Netherworld -- The Conceptions of Immortality and Soul -- Further Development of the Idea of the Netherworld -- Social Change, the Development of Burial Styles, and the Idea of the Netherworld -- Popular Religiosity and Its Critics -- Literacy and the Commoners -- Intellectuals as Critics of Popular Religion and Local Cults.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks BL1802 .P65 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TBC00000820

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-319) and index.

Toward a History of the Everyday, Personal Religion of Ancient China -- Religion and Extra-human Powers: Working Definitions -- The Popular-Religion Paradigm in Earlier Research and Theory -- Roots of a Religion of Personal Welfare -- Prelude -- The Religion of the Shang People -- The Religion of the Chou People -- Personal Welfare in the Context of Mantic Technique -- Omens -- Divination -- Witchcraft and Exorcism -- Ghosts and Spirits -- Souls, Spirits, and the Abode of the Dead -- Newly Discovered Daybooks and Everyday Religion -- The Jih-shu or Daybooks -- Elements of Religion in the Classic of Mountains and Seas -- Jih-shu and Shan-hai-ching: Dealing with Domestic and Foreign Environments -- Emperors, Courtiers, and the Development of Official Cults -- The Establishment of the Official Cult of the Ch'in Empire -- The Establishment of the Han Official Cult -- Personal Factors and Official Religion -- Reassessing Han Official Religion -- Beliefs and Practices in Everyday Life of the Han Dynasty -- Religious Activities Related to the Agricultural Cycle -- Religious Activities Related to the Life Cycle -- Religious Activities in Everyday Life -- Local Cults -- Omens and Portents -- Immortality, Soul, and the Netherworld -- The Conceptions of Immortality and Soul -- Further Development of the Idea of the Netherworld -- Social Change, the Development of Burial Styles, and the Idea of the Netherworld -- Popular Religiosity and Its Critics -- Literacy and the Commoners -- Intellectuals as Critics of Popular Religion and Local Cults.

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