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100 1 $aThompson, Laurence G.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79026808
245 10 $aChinese religion :$ban introduction /$cLaurence G. Thompson.
250 $a5th ed.
260 $aBelmont :$bWadsworth Pub. Co.,$c[1996], ©1996.
300 $axxiv, 182 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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490 1 $aReligious life in history
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [164]-176) and index.
505 00 $tTable of Chinese Religious History --$tTime Line of Chinese Religious History --$g1.$tThe Early Chinese Worldview --$g2.$tPrescientific Theory and Religious Practice --$g3.$tThe Family: Kindred and Ancestors --$g4.$tThe Community: Gods and Temples --$g5.$tThe State: Emperor and Officials --$g6.$tThree Ways to Ultimate Transformation: (1) Taoist Tradition --$g7.$tThree Ways to Ultimate Transformation: (2) Literati Tradition --$g8.$tThree Ways to Ultimate Transformation: (3) Buddhist Tradition --$g9.$tTheir Separate Ways: Cults and Sects --$g10.$tThe Festival Year --$g11.$tTraditional Chinese Religion as Means of Coping --$g12.$tThe Disruption of Tradition --$tAppendix 1 The Canons of the Three Traditions --$tAppendix 2 The Mind or Heart Scripture of Perfect Wisdom --$tAppendix 3 The Heaven-Honored One of the Primal Beginnings Speaks the Scripture of the Precious Names of the Three Controllers.
520 $aLaurence Thompson's Chinese Religion: An Introduction, Fifth Edition is unique in its presentation of religious expression as a manifestation of Chinese culture.
520 8 $aPart of Wadsworth's Religious Life in History Series, this accessible introduction to Chinese religion adheres to the Series' fundamental mission to explore religion as a means to "ultimate transformation." Continuing to expand on that theme, the author has added a new chapter to this edition that views Chinese religion as a means of coping with existential problems. The Fifth Edition also includes new suggested readings that explore current developments in this rapidly evolving field.
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