Struggling for legitimacy: spirit-writing and redemptive societies in Republican China

The Republican period was a time of radical change in which existing knowledge was questioned in light of newly introduced ideas. It seems puzzling that it was exactly during this period that the Chinese practice of spirit-writing, which had a history of more than a thousand years, experienced a boo...

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Main Author: Schumann, Matthias (Author)
Format: Book/Monograph Thesis
Language:English
Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2026]
Series:Religion in Chinese societies volume 20
In: Religion in Chinese societies (volume 20)

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