Unruly gods : divinity and society in China /

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Imprint:	Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c1996.
Description:	vii, 290 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Gods, Chinese. Gods, Chinese. Religion. China -- Religion. China -- Religious life and customs. China.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2476588

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Other authors / contributors:	Shahar, Meir. Weller, Robert P. (Robert Paul), 1953-
ISBN:	0824817249 (alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction: Gods and Society in China / Meir Shahar and Robert P. Weller
2. Personal Relations and Bureaucartic Hierarchy in Chinese Religion: Evidence from the Song Dynasty / Robert Hymes
3. Enlightened Alchemist or Immoral Immortal? The Growth of Lu Dongbin's Cult in Late Imperial China / Paul R. Katz
4. The Lady Linshui: How a Woman Became a Goddess / Brigitte Baptandier
5. Myths, Gods, and Family Relations / P. Steven Sangren
6. Vernacular Fiction and the Transmission of Gods' Cults in Late Imperial China / Meir Shahar
7. Transmission in Popular Religion: The Jiajiang Festival Troupe of Southern Taiwan / Donald S. Sutton
8. Matricidal Magistrates and Gambling Gods: Weak States and Strong Spirits in China / Robert P. Weller.

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