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Practicing Scripture
Ter Haar, B. J., Haar, B. J. Ter
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Description for Practicing Scripture
Hardcover. Num Pages: 355 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3J; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 30. Weight in Grams: 688.
Practicing Scripture is an original and detailed history of one of the most successful religious movements of late imperial China, the Non-Action Teachings, or Wuweijiao, from its beginnings in the late sixteenth century in the prefectures of southern Zhejiang to the middle of the twentieth century, when communist repression dealt it a crippling blow. Uncovering important data on its beliefs and practices, Barend ter Haar paints a wholly new picture of the group, which, despite its Daoist-sounding name, was a deeply devout lay Buddhist movement whose adherents rejected the worship of statues and ancestors while venerating the writings of Patriarch ... Read more
Practicing Scripture is an original and detailed history of one of the most successful religious movements of late imperial China, the Non-Action Teachings, or Wuweijiao, from its beginnings in the late sixteenth century in the prefectures of southern Zhejiang to the middle of the twentieth century, when communist repression dealt it a crippling blow. Uncovering important data on its beliefs and practices, Barend ter Haar paints a wholly new picture of the group, which, despite its Daoist-sounding name, was a deeply devout lay Buddhist movement whose adherents rejected the worship of statues and ancestors while venerating the writings of Patriarch ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
355
Place of Publication
Honolulu, HI, United States
ISBN
9780824839277
SKU
V9780824839277
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About Ter Haar, B. J., Haar, B. J. Ter
Barend J. ter Haar was trained at Leiden University, the Netherlands, Liaoning University, China, Osaka Foreign Languages University, Japan, and Kyushu University, Japan. He has previously taught at the universities of Leiden and Heidelberg, Germany. Since 2013 he has held the Run Run Shaw Chair of Chinese at the University of Oxford, UK.
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