The “Redemption” of Redemptive Societies

“Redemptive societies” is a term often used to refer to the organized expression of salvationist religious activity in Republican period China. These groups were a major part of Chinese social and cultural life in the decades preceding the Communist revolution, and are related, in ways that remain u...

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Main Author: Ownby, David 1958- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2019]
In: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Year: 2019, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 209-228
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China / Weißer Lotos / Yiguan Dao / Qi gong / Religious community / Redemption
IxTheo Classification:AA Study of religion
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B 一贯道
B 会道门
B huidaomen
B 气功
B 救世团体
B Qigong
B redemptive societies
B Yiguandao
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