Dissemination and aggregation: Some reflections on the transformation processes affecting folk belief in China
The relevance of investigating the religious life of the common people in China has long been underestimated. This paper first examines the concepts of folk belief and folk religion and their characteristics based on historical and empirical materials. Then it addresses the possible patterns affecti...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2015
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| In: |
Studies in Chinese Religions
Year: 2015, Volume: 1, Issue: 4, Pages: 306-322 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Popular belief
/ Folk religion
/ Religious change
/ History
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion KBM Asia TA History |
| Further subjects: | B
dynamic interchangeability of religious elements
B folk belief B China B Folk Religion B social permeability of ‘great traditions’ and ‘little traditions’ |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
