Dream trippers: global Daoism and the predicament of modern spirituality
Anthropologists David A. Palmer and Elijah Siegler explore the globalization of Daoism: the interactions between international spiritual tourists, traditional Chinese monks, and American scholar-practitioners at the sacred Daoist mountain of Huashan, China. Palmer and Siegler show how the spiritual...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago London
The University of Chicago Press
[2017]
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Taoism
/ Globalization
/ History
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| IxTheo Classification: | BM Chinese universism; Confucianism; Taoism |
| Further subjects: | B
Taoists (China)
B Taoism (United States) B Taoism B Pilgrims and pilgrimages China Hua Mountain (Shaanxi Sheng) B Taoists China B Taoism United States B Taoists United States B Taoists (United States) B Globalization Religious aspects Taoism B Spirituality Taoism B Pilgrims and pilgrimages (China) (Hua Mountain (Shaanxi Sheng)) |
| Summary: | Anthropologists David A. Palmer and Elijah Siegler explore the globalization of Daoism: the interactions between international spiritual tourists, traditional Chinese monks, and American scholar-practitioners at the sacred Daoist mountain of Huashan, China. Palmer and Siegler show how the spiritual and religious histories of China and the West intersect, collide, and interpenetrate, revealing the paradoxes and dilemmas of the search for spiritual authenticity in a globalized world.--Provided by publisher Anthropologists David A. Palmer and Elijah Siegler explore the globalization of Daoism: the interactions between international spiritual tourists, traditional Chinese monks, and American scholar-practitioners at the sacred Daoist mountain of Huashan, China. Palmer and Siegler show how the spiritual and religious histories of China and the West intersect, collide, and interpenetrate, revealing the paradoxes and dilemmas of the search for spiritual authenticity in a globalized world.--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 022648484X |