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Author Seiwert, Hubert Michael, 1949-

Title Popular religious movements and heterodox sects in Chinese history / by Hubert Seiwert ; in collaboration with Ma Xisha.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 548 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series China studies ; v. 3
China studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 3.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 506-526) and index.
Contents Foreword; Conventions and Abbreviations; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; PART ONE POPULAR SECTS AND HETERODOXY BEFORE THE MING DYNASTY; PART TWO POPULAR RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS DURING THE MING AND QING DYNASTIES; EPILOGUE: Popular Religious Movements and Elite Culture; APPENDIX: On the Two Versions of the Jiulian Jing; Bibliography; Index.
Summary This work surveys the history of popular religious sects in Chinese history. It covers the formation of the notions of orthodoxy and heterodoxy in the contexts of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. It also deals with each new religious movements, its teachings, scriptures, and social organization.
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Subject China -- Religion.
China.
Religion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: 9004131469 (DLC) 2003045206 (OCoLC)51848355
ISBN 1423711904 (electronic book)
9781423711902 (electronic book)
9789047402343 (eISBN ; EBL)
9047402340 (eISBN ; EBL)
9004131469
9789004131460
9004131469
9789004131460 (print)