Reprint
The Sacred and the Secular in Taoism: Theories, Practices, and Communities
Edited by
May 2024
256 pages
- ISBN978-3-7258-1173-1 (Hardback)
- ISBN978-3-7258-1174-8 (PDF)
This book is a reprint of the Special Issue The Sacred and the Secular in Taoism: Theories, Practices, and Communities that was published in
Social Sciences, Arts & Humanities
Summary
As a type of native Chinese religion, Taoism is very different from Western religions, and this Special Issue reveals certain characteristics of Chinese Taoism from the following three perspectives: theory, practice, and community. This reprint comprises original studies that emphasize the ideas of Taoism; discuss Taoist practices of cultivation, magic, and rituals; talk about Taoist communities and their institutional systems; and analyze the sacred and secular elements of these topics.
Format
- Hardback
License and Copyright
© 2024 by the authors; CC BY-NC-ND license
Keywords
body; shanshui; Daoism; inner landscape; inner alchemy; self-cultivation; the early Lingbao scriptures; gender; female; equality; Daoist cultivation; Quanzhen Taoism; institutional charisma; local performing arts; Yuan Dynasty; Daoism; Zhao Yizhen; Zhang Tianquan; Thunder Method of Hunyuan; the Great Dictionary of Taoism; entry; meaning; definition; documentary evidence; convention; Longmen Xizhu Xinzong; Dipper Method; Tang Tantrism; Taoism in the Qing Dynasty; Taoism; weiyi; zhai and jiao rituals; state ceremony; Fushi; Quanzhen Daoism; Wang Chongyang; Qizhen (Seven True Ones); “Laozi Huahu (converting the barbarians)”; origin; ethnic relations; Laozi’s deification; Daoism; Buddhism; ancient Lingbao scriptures; Lingbao celestial scripts; Catalogue of Lingbao Scriptures; Daoist philosophy; great high lord Lao; cosmic concept; Kunlun mountain; great clarity heaven; supreme pole heaven; purple sublimity palace; Taoist female worship; culture root-seeking; classical principles; contemporary practices; Daoist monasticism; Daoist monasteries; Daoguan; Celestial Masters; n/a