A History for Falun Gong: Popular Religion and the Chinese State Since the Ming Dynasty

This article seeks to place Falun Gong - and the larger qigong movement from which it emerged - into the long-term context of the history of Chinese popular religion from the midMing (1368-1644) to the present. The argument developed is that Falun Gong and qigong are twentieth-century elaborations o...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ownby, David (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Journals Online & Print:
Drawer...
Fernleihe:Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste
Published: University of Californiarnia Press 2003
In: Nova religio
Year: 2003, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 223-243
Online Access: Volltext (JSTOR)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic