a religious state Lagerwey, John creator author. text bibliography conference publication Electronic books. cc 2010 2010 monographic eng

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1 online resource (viii, 237 pages). "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. 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. John Lagerwey. Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index. a-cc--- Religion and state China Congresses Folk religion China Congresses China Religion Congresses China Religious life and customs Congresses Social Science RELIGION Eastern SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies BL1802 .L42 2010eb 299.5/1 Lagerwey, John. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2010 (DLC) 2010381364 (OCoLC)489006782 9789882205512 9882205518 22573/ctt1fmdm6t JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=359475 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=359475 N$T 110314 20200709055337.0 ocn707091247 eng