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The Flying Phoenix Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan. Cover Image E-book E-book

The Flying Phoenix Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan

Jordan, David K. (Author). Overmyer, Daniel L. (Added Author).

Summary: 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. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these importan.

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  • ISBN: 9781400854202
  • ISBN: 1400854202
  • Physical Description: electronic resource
    remote
    1 online resource (355 pages).
  • Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.

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Cover; Contents; Illustrations.
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CatMonthString:april.16
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Print version record.
Subject: Spirit writings
Religion
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion
Automatism
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
Automatism
Sects
Sects -- Taiwan
Spirit writings
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Spirituality -- Paganism & Neo-Paganism
Taiwan -- Religion
Taiwan
JSTOR-DDA
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