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Chinese Gods by Jonathan Chamberlain
Chinese Gods by Jonathan Chamberlain
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Chinese Gods

An Introduction to Chinese Folk Religion
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Chinese gods: Who are they? Where did they come from? What do they do? Chinese folk religion is the underlying belief system of more than a billion Chinese people. Go into any Chinese home, office or restaurant and you will see altars, statues or paper 'good luck' images. And wherever there is a Chinese community there are temples and Earth God shrines. But what is the religion that makes sense of all these expressions of belief? How do these beliefs connect to Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism? Chinese Gods helps us understand the building blocks of this religion for which even the Chinese have no name - because the beliefs are so intertwined with language and culture they have no independent existence - and provides an in-depth analysis of 19 of the major gods of the Chinese pantheon.

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Jonathan Chamberlain was brought up in Ireland and Hong Kong. After graduating in Social Anthropology at Sussex University, he returned to Hong Kong where he lived for many years as a teacher and writer.
Release date Australia
January 1st, 2009
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Illustrations
22 colour images & 8 b/w images
Pages
240
Dimensions
143x221x11
ISBN-13
9789881774217
Product ID
2922841

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