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The Flying Phoenix: Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan
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Full Title:
The Flying Phoenix: Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan
Contributors:
By (Author) David K. Jordan
By (author) Daniel L. Overmyer
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
23rd September 2014
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Other Subjects:
Society and culture: general
Dewey:
299.51
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
356
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
482g
Description
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 u
