Materializing magic power : Chinese popular religion in villages and cities /

Lin, Wei-Ping, 1966-

Materializing magic power : Chinese popular religion in villages and cities / Wei-Ping Lin. - Cambridge (Massachusetts) ; Published by the Harvard University Asia Center : (c)2015. London : Distributed by Harvard University Press, (c)2015. - 1 online resource (xiv, 203 pages) : illustrations, maps - Harvard-Yenching Institute monograph series ; 97 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Popular religion in villages. God statues -- Spirit mediums -- Dialogues with the past and the present -- Popular religion in cities. Thicker than blood -- Magic power reconfigured.



9781684170814


Religion and culture--Taiwan.
Gods, Chinese--Taiwan.
Idols and images--Taiwan.
Idols and images--Worship.
Tang-ki worship--Taiwan.


Electronic Books.

BL1975 / .M384 2015