Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-193) and index.

"The Transformation of Yiguan Dao in Taiwan is the first English-language scholarly study exclusively focusing on Yiguan Dao. Utilizing fieldwork conducted in 2002 in Taiwan, Yunfeng Lu provides a history of Yiguan Dao in mainland China and focuses on the sect's evolution in Taiwan in the past few decades. Lu probes the operation of Yiguan Dao under suppression over the past twenty years, and examines the relationship between Yiguan Dao and its rivals in Taiwan's religious market. The Transformation of Yiguan Dao in Taiwan also develops the religious economy model by extending it to Chinese societies. It is essential reading for anyone interested in religion and contemporary Chinese society."--Jacket.

1 Introduction -- 2 Yiguan Dao in Mainland China: 1930-1953 -- 3 Yiguan Dao on Taiwan: 1949-1987 -- 4 Helping People to Fulfill Vows: Religious Commitment within Yiguan Dao -- 5 Market Forces and Religious Experiences -- 6 Deregulation and Organizational Transformation -- 7 Doctrinal Transformation within Yiguan Dao -- 8 Conclusion -- Appendix 1 A List of Yiguan Dao Divisions in Taiwan -- Appendix 2 Functional teams of meal groups -- Appendix 3 Dharma Assemblies Conducted by the Fayi Lingyin division in 1992 -- Appendix 4 The purpose of Dao (Dao Zhi Zong Zhi) -- Glossary -- References -- Tables and Figures -- Table 1. Temples I Visited during my Fieldwork -- Table 1.1 -- Table 2. Number of Religious Switching on Taiwan in 1994 -- Table 3. Table 3. Components of Yiguan Dao converts -- Table 4. Research courses in Fayi Lingyin -- Table 5. Temples and Churches in Taiwan, 1990-2004 -- Table 5.1 -- Figure 1. Reports on repressing Yiguan Dao, 1959 -1982 -- Figure 2. The Organizational Structure of Yiguan Dao when under Suppression -- Figure 3. A model of unintended consequences of religious suppression -- Figure 4. Religious organizations in Taiwan, 1988-2004 -- Figure 5. The organizational structure of Fayi Chongde.

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