The Invisible Hand of the Temple (Manager): Gangsters, Political Power, and Transfers of Spiritual Capital in Taiwan’s Mazu Pilgrimages
Abstract Religious institutions continue to provide important stages on which politicians participate in public rituals in secular democratic Taiwan. In particular, the annual Mazu pilgrimages bring together tens of thousands of people from all over the island, including candidates in presidential e...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2021
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Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Year: 2021, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 61-91 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Zhenlan-Tempel
/ Mazu Goddess
/ Pilgrimage
/ Organization
/ Politics
/ Power structure
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BL Buddhism BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism KBM Asia |
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popular religion
B symbolic capital B Taiwan B Mazu B Yan Qing-biao |
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