Making The Gods Speak: Ritual Production Of Revelation In Chinese Religious History Vincent Goossaert Harvard University Press Αγγλικά Βιβλία Social

For Two Millennia Chinese Society Has Been Producing Divine Revelations On An Unparalleled Scale In Multifarious Genres And Formats This Book Is The First Comprehensive Attempt At Accounting Processes Of Such Production It Builds A Typology Various Ritual Techniques Used To Make Gods Present Allow Them Speak Or Write Follows Historical Development These Types Revealed Teachings They Made Possible Within Large Array Visionary Mediumistic Mystical Vincent Goossaert Devotes Bulk His Analysis Spirit-Writing Family Rites That Appeared Around Eleventh Century Gradually Came Account Largest Numbers Books Tracts Ascribed Doing So He Shows Practice Must Be Placed Framework By Specialists Control Human Communications With Spirits Healing Divining Self-Divinization Among Other Purposes Making Thus Offers Ritual-Centered Study Revelation Cultural History Comparatively Revelatory Practices Religious Traditions Σελίδες: 368 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0705 Διαστάσεις: 15 2X15 2Cm