Unruly Gods : Divinity and Society in China,9780824817244

Unruly Gods : Divinity and Society in China

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ISBN13: 9780824817244
ISBN10: 0824817249
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1996-06-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Hawaii Pr
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii
1. Introduction: Gods and Society in China
1(36)
MEIR SHAHAR
ROBERT P. WELLER
2. Personal Relations and Bureaucratic Hierarchy in Chinese Religion: Evidence from the Song Dynasty
37(33)
ROBERT HYMES
3. Enlightened Alchemist or Immoral Immortal? The Growth of Lu Dongbin's Cult in Late Imperial China
70(35)
PAUL R. KATZ
4. The Lady Linshui: How a Woman Became a Goddess
105(45)
BRIGITTE BAPTANDIER
5. Myths, Gods, and Family Relations
150(34)
P. STEVEN SANGREN
6. Vernacular Fiction and the Transmission of Gods' Cults in Late Imperial China
184(28)
MEIR SHAHAR
7. Transmission in Popular Religion: The Jiajiang Festival Troupe of Southern Taiwan
212(38)
DONALD S. SUTTON
8. Matricidal Magistrates and Gambling Gods: Weak States and Strong Spirits in China
250(19)
ROBERT P. WELLER
Glossary 269(10)
Index 279(10)
Contributors 289

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