A Woman’s History: A Lifetime of Practising Yiguandao—The Senior Leader of the Subdivision Baoguang Chongzheng

This paper examines a female Yiguandao (一貫道) leader’s lifelong history of practising the faith: Huang Shih-Yen (黃世妍, 1940–), the Elder (qianren 前人) of the subdivision Baoguang Chongzheng (寶光崇正). The journey begins with her conversion to Yiguandao and devotion to its religious practices, followed by...

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Main Author: Shen, Yeh-Ying (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 7
Further subjects:B I-Kuan Tao
B female life history
B Chinese Religions
B Women and religion
B Yiguandao
B women’s religious life
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