TY - BOOK AU - Davis,Edward L. TI - Society and the supernatural in Song China SN - 0585479720 AV - BL1802 .D38 2001eb U1 - 299/.51 22 PY - 2001/// CY - Honolulu PB - University of Hawai'i Press KW - RELIGION KW - Eastern KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY KW - Asia KW - China KW - Religious life and customs KW - History KW - Song dynasty, 960-1279 KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-349) and index; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=100392 ER -