04157cam a2200697Ia 4500 ocn707091247 OCoLC 20200709055337.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 110314t20102010cc ob 101 0 eng d N$T eng pn N$T CDX EBLCP E7B GGVRL YDXCP OCLCQ WAU DEBSZ OCLCO IDEBK OCLCQ OCLCO JSTOR 733735918 816646885 9789882205512 (electronic bk.) 9882205518 (electronic bk.) 9789888028030 (hardback) 9888028030 (hardback) 9789888028047 (paperback) 9888028049 (paperback) (OCoLC)707091247 (OCoLC)733735918 (OCoLC)816646885 22573/ctt1fmdm6t JSTOR a-cc--- BL1802 .L42 2010eb REL 024000 bisacsh SOC053000 bisacsh 299.5/1 22 MAIN Lagerwey, John, author. China [electronic resource] : a religious state / John Lagerwey. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2010] ©2010 1 online resource (viii, 237 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Understanding China. Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index. A brief history of the pantheon: ancestors and gods in state and local religion and politics -- Daoist ritual in social and historical perspective -- Festivals in Southeastern China -- On the rational character of local religion -- Concluding reflections. "Over the last 40 years, our vision of Chinese culture and history has been transformed by the discovery of the role of religion in Chinese state-making and in local society. The Daoist religion, in particular, long despised as 'superstitious, ' has recovered its place as 'the native higher religion.' But while the Chinese state tried from the fifth century on to construct an orthodoxy based on Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism, local society everywhere carved out for itself its own geomantically defined space and organized itself around local festivals in honor of gods of its own choosing-gods who were often invented and then represented by illiterate mediums. Looking at China from the point of view of elite or popular culture therefore produces very different results. John Lagerwey has done extensive fieldwork on local society and its festivals. This book represents a first attempt to use this new research to integrate top-down and bottom-up views of Chinese society, culture, and history. It should be of interest to a wide range of China specialists, students of religion and popular culture, as well as participants in the ongoing interdisciplinary dialogue between historians and anthropologists"--Provided by publisher. Print version record. Master record variable field(s) change: 072 Religion and state China Congresses. Folk religion China Congresses. China Religion Congresses. China Religious life and customs Congresses. Social Science. RELIGION Eastern. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Lagerwey, John. China. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2010 9789888028030 (DLC) 2010381364 (OCoLC)489006782 Understanding China. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=359475 Coutts Information Services COUT 17503348 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL677435 ebrary EBRY ebr10453664 EBSCOhost EBSC 359475 Cengage Learning GVRL gal9789882205512 Ingram Digital eBook Collection IDEB 301677 YBP Library Services YANK 3648726 92 N$T 50235 50235