Miraculous response doing popular religion in contemporary China - Chau, Adam Yuet.; NetLibrary, Inc. (Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2006)
Shaanbei history, society, and culture -- Shaanbei popular religious landscape -- Beliefs and practices : Shaanbei people's religiosity and religious habitus -- Legends and histories : Heilongdawang and the Heilongdawang temple -- Provisioning magical efficacy and divine benevolence -- Modes of social organization and folk event productions -- Red-hot sociality -- Temple boss and local elite : the story of Lao Wang -- Longwanggou and agrarian political culture -- The local state and the politics of legitimation.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-292) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Shaanxi Sheng (China) -- Religion; Shaanxi Sheng (China) -- Social conditions; Religion and culture -- China -- Shaanxi Sheng; Religion et culture -- Chine -- Shaanxi; Shaanxi (Chine) -- Religion; Shaanxi (Chine) -- Conditions sociales; Electronic books