LEADER 00000cam a22010697i 4500 
001    n2xf8rdwlm2jg3jb 
008    210714s2020    nyua|||||b||||001 0|eng|c 
020    9780197529133|qhardcover 
020    0197529135|qhardcover 
020    |z9780197529164 
020    |z9780197529140 
020    |qelectronic book|z9780197529164|z9780197529140 
020    |qelectronic book|z9780197529164|z9780197529140 
041    eng 
082 00 299.5/1|223 
092 0  299|bengelska 
100 1  Billioud, Sébastien|4aut 
245 10 Reclaiming the wilderness :|bcontemporary dynamics of the 
       Yiguandao /|cSebastien Billioud 
264  1 New York, NY :|bOxford University Press,|c[2020] 
300    xi, 296 pages|billustrations|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index 
520    "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"--|cProvided by 
       publisher 
648  7 2000-talet|2sao 
648  7 2000-2099|2fast 
650  0 Yi guan dao (Cult)|zChina 
650  0 Proselytizing|xYi guan dao (Cult) 
650  0 Charisma (Personality trait)|xReligious aspects|xYi guan 
       dao (Cult) 
650  0 Yi guan dao (Cult)|xRelations|xConfucianism 
650  0 Yi guan dao (Cult)|xPolitical aspects|zChina 
650  0 Religion and politics|zChina 
650  4 Yiguandao 
650  7 Religion|2sao 
650  7 Konfucianism|2sao 
650  7 Religion och politik|2sao 
650  7 Confucianism.|2fast 
650  7 Religion.|2fast 
650  7 Religion and politics.|2fast 
650  7 Yi guan dao (Cult)|2fast 
651  0 China|xReligion|y21st century 
651  7 Kina|2sao 
651  7 China.|2fast