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- Book Title
- In Search of Personal Welfare : a View of Ancient Chinese Religion
- Publication Name
- In Search of Personal Welfare
- Title
- In Search of Personal Welfare
- Subtitle
- A View of Ancient Chinese Religion
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0791436306
- EAN
- 9780791436301
- ISBN
- 9780791436301
- Publisher
- STATE University of New York Press
- Genre
- Religion, History
- Topic
- Asia / General, Eastern, Asia / China
- Release Date
- 29/01/1998
- Release Year
- 1998
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 16.7 Oz
- Series
- SUNY series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture
- Publication Year
- 1998
- Number of Pages
- 331 Pages
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This book is the first major reassessment of ancient Chinese religion to appear in recent years. It provides a historical investigation of broadly shared religious beliefs and goals in ancient China from the earliest period to the end of the Han Dynasty. The author makes use of recently acquired archeological data, traditional texts, and modern scholarly work from China, Japan, and the West. The overall concern of this book is to try to reach the religious mentality of the ancient Chinese in the context of personal and daily experiences. Poo deals with such problems as the definition of religion, the popular/elite controversy in methodology, and the use of "elite" documents in the study of ordinary life.
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STATE University of New York Press
ISBN-10
0791436306
ISBN-13
9780791436301
eBay Product ID (ePID)
494513
Product Key Features
Book Title
In Search of Personal Welfare : a View of Ancient Chinese Religion
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Asia / General, Eastern, Asia / China
Publication Year
1998
Genre
Religion, History
Number of Pages
331 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Bl1802.P65 1998
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"In many ways, this is a revolutionary book--in terms of its focus on the 'common' religion of everyday life and its discussion of the overlap and interaction between the 'elite' and 'common' levels of religion in early imperial China--and will be controversial in the best sense of the expression. There is nothing on ancient Chinese religion (in any language) that is quite like Poo's book. It is truly pioneering in this respect." -- N. J. Girardot, Lehigh University "One of the most illuminating studies on early Chinese religion I have read in a long time, it is well written, cogently argued, and based upon impeccable research. Poo has been able to make use of the great mass of new archaeological material that has been accumulating through the last two or three decades in China and Japan, and he has also mastered the best Western scholarship on Chinese religion. His grasp of both sets of materials is pertinent, accurate, and fascinating. I frankly think that anyone interested in Chinese religion would want to buy this book. I believe it will become something of a standard reference." -- John Berthrong, author of All Under Heaven: Transforming Paradigms in Confucian-Christian Dialogue
Table of Content
List of Figures Preface Abbreviations 1. Introduction 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 The Sources 2. Roots of a Religion of Personal Welfare Prelude The Religion of the Shang People The Religion of the Chou People 3. Personal Welfare in the Context of Mantic Technique Omens Divination Witchcraft and Exorcism Ghosts and Spirits Souls, Spirits, and the Abode of the Dead Summary 4. 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 5. 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 Conclusion 6. 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 7. 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 8. Popular Religiosity and Its Critics Literacy and the Commoners Intellectuals as Critics of Popular Religion and Local Cults Intellectuals as Reformers of Popular Religion Intellectuals as Participants in Popular Religion 9. Conclusion The Nature of Extra-Human Powers Belief in a Correlative Cosmological Order Death and the Netherworld Apotheosis Piety and Happiness Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
Copyright Date
1998
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
97-019197
Dewey Decimal
299/.51/0901
Series
Suny Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture Ser.
Dewey Edition
21
Illustrated
Yes
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