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Auteur(s) : Billioud, Sébastien
Titre(s) : Reclaiming the wilderness [Texte imprimé] : contemporary dynamics of the Yiguandao / Sebastien Billioud
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Oxford university press, copyright 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-296 p.) : ill. ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 279-287. Index
"The Yiguandao (Way of Pervading Unity) was one of the major redemptive societies
of Republican China. It is nowadays one of the largest and most influential religious
movements of the Chinese world and at the same time one of the least known and understood.
From its powerful base in Taiwan, it develops worldwide, including in Mainland China
where it nevertheless remains officially forbidden. Based on extensive ethnographic
work carried out over nearly a decade, Reclaiming the Wilderness explores the expansionary
dynamics of this group and its regional circulations such as they can be primarily
observed from a Hong Kong perspective. It analyses the proselytizing impetus of the
adepts, the transmission of charisma and forms of leadership, the specific role of
Confucianism that makes it possible for the group to defuse tension with Chinese authorities
and, even sometimes, to cooperate with them. It also delves into Yiguandao's well-structured
expansionary strategies and in its quasi-diplomatic efforts to navigate the troubled
waters of cross-straits politics. To readers primarily interested in Chinese studies,
this work offers new perspectives on state-religion relationships in China, the "Taiwan
issue" seen through the lenses of religion, or one of the modern and contemporary
fates of Confucianism, that is, its appropriation by redemptive societies and religious
organizations. But it also addresses theoretical questions that are also relevant
to completely different contexts and thus contribute to the fields of sociology, anthropology
and psychology of religion"
Sujet(s) : Yiguandao
Syncrétisme -- Chine
Religions -- Relations -- Chine
Confucianisme -- Relations -- Chine
Religion et politique -- Chine
Indice(s) Dewey :
299.51 (23e éd.) = Religions d'origine chinoise
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 978-0-19-752913-3 (rel.). - ISBN 0197529135. - ISBN 9780197529164 (erroné). -
ISBN 9780197529140 (erroné)
EAN 9780197529133
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46702687j
Notice n° :
FRBNF46702687
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