Ritual, Rejuvenation Practices, and the Experience of Aging in Early Chinese Religion

Scientific advances in the field of biomedicine have fundamentally changed the ways in which we think about our bodies. Disease, aging, and even death, are no longer seen as inevitable realities but as obstacles that can be controlled, and in some cases even reversed, by technological means. The cur...

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Main Author: Tavor, Ori ca. 21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publishing [2017]
In: Body and religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-47
Further subjects:B Ritual
B Chinese Religions
B Longevity
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