Feuchtwang The Anthropology of Religion, Charisma and Ghosts

Chinese Lessons for Adequate Theory
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-3-11-022356-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 46, 220 Seiten

Reihe: Religion and SocietyISSN

China has many religions. But rituals of local temples are none of these. They celebrate many gods and their powers to respond. Gods are invited as welcome guests by appropriate rituals of welcome and communication. Other rituals pacify ghosts and harmful powers. These rituals are rich with their own poetry, a poetry of performance, not just of contemplation. Interpreting this poetry demands revision of theories of ritual and religion. The author has spent over four decades studying Chinese ritual and religion through observation in contemporary China and Taiwan, constantly revising and rethinking theories of religion, ritual and their role in different political regimes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Feuchtwang, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Religionsethnologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Östliche Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Contents;6
2;Chapter 1. Introduction;10
3;Chapter 2. ‘Religion’ and its historical transfer into China;20
4;Chapter 3. ‘A Chinese religion exists’;38
5;Chapter 4. A theory of religious ritual as deference and communicative excess;62
6;Chapter 5. The Organisation of Extravagance as Charismatic authority and Self-government;86
7;Chapter 6. Charismatic self-healing: a case of spirit-writing in Taiwan under Japanese occupation;100
8;Chapter 7. Charisma in China;115
9;Chapter 8. The avenging ghost;134
10;Chapter 9. Between temporalities: a case study of the transmission of loss in Taiwan;155
11;Chapter 10. Between death and life: a location of ghosts and demons;177
12;Chapter 11. ‘Religion’ in the government of the People’s Republic of China: policy-led redefinition and openings in political space;189
13;References;210
14;Index;220

Über Autor(innen)

Stephan Feuchtwang, University of London.