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Daoism in the Twentieth Century: Between Eternity and Modernity (New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society) by David A. Palmer and Xun Liu is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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"An interdisciplinary group of scholars explores the social history and anthropology of Daoism from the late nineteenth century to the present, focusing on the evolution of traditional forms of practice and community, as well as modern reforms and reinventions. Essays investigate ritual specialists, body cultivation and meditation traditions, monasticism, new religious movements, state-sponsored institutionalization, and transnational networks"--Publisher's Web site.
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- David A. Palmer and Xun Liu
- Publisher
- Global, Area, and International Archive, University of California Press
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780520098848
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Religion, History
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