The Flying Phoenix
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The Flying Phoenix

Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan

  1. 356 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Flying Phoenix

Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan

About this book

Anthropologist David Jordan and Daniel Overmyer, a historian of religions, present a joint analysis of the most important group of sectarian religious societies in contemporary Taiwan: those that engage in automatic writing seances, or worship by means of the phoenix" writing implement.

Originally published in 1986.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introductions
  5. A Personal Introduction (Jordan)
  6. A Personal Introduction (Overmyer)
  7. 1. Overview and Conclusions
  8. 2. The Historical Background: Popular Religious Sects in China and Taiwan
  9. 3. Background of the Chi
  10. 4. Case Study I: History of the Hall of the Wondrous Dharma
  11. 5. Papers of the Hall of the Wondrous Dharma
  12. 6. Case Study II: The Compassion Society, A Brief History
  13. 7. A Compassion Society Local Branch Hall: A Political Field
  14. 8. Some Compassion Society Believers
  15. 9. Case Study III: The Unity Sect (I-Kuan Tao)
  16. 10. Writings of the Unity Sect
  17. 11. Conclusions
  18. Appendices
  19. Works Cited
  20. Index
  21. Illustrations