Unruly Gods: Divinity and Society in China 9780824865429

The first study in English to offer a systematic introduction to the Chinese pantheon of divinities. It challenges recei

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Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
1. Introduction: Gods and Society in China
2. Personal Relations and Bureaucratic Hierarchy in Chinese Religion: Evidence from the Song Dynasty
3. Enlightened Alchemist or Immoral Immortal? The Growth of Lü Dongbin’s Cult in Late Imperial China
4. The Lady Linshui: How a Woman Became a Goddess
5. Myths, Gods, and Family Relations
6. Vernacular Fiction and the Transmission of Gods’ Cults in Late Imperial China
7. Transmission in Popular Religion: The Jiajiang Festival Troupe of Southern Taiwan
8. Matricidal Magistrates and Gambling Gods: Weak States and Strong Spirits in China
Glossary
Index
Contributors

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