Meaning and Controversy within Chinese Ancestor Religion (Asian Christianity in the Diaspora)
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| Management number | 231910880 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$23.94 | Model Number | 231910880 | ||
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Chinese practices related to ancestors have long been the subject of conflicting interpretations. These practices are rooted in the lived experience of practitioners, and therefore need to be considered as embodied expressions of the quest for existential meaning. For practitioners, the achievement of existential meaning requires the inclusion, implication, and mediation of the ancestors. When gestures in ancestor rites are analyzed from this perspective it is possible to appreciate their essence as constitutive of “ancestor religion.” This book uses an inquisitive method that investigates the discrepancies between foreign and local explanations, and proposes another hermeneutic framework for ancestor related praxes. Read more
| ASIN | B0799LBM6Y |
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| XRay | Not Enabled |
| ISBN13 | 978-3319705248 |
| Edition | 1st ed. 2018 |
| Language | English |
| File size | 1.5 MB |
| Page Flip | Enabled |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Word Wise | Not Enabled |
| Print length | 246 pages |
| Accessibility | Learn more |
| Screen Reader | Supported |
| Part of series | Asian Christianity in the Diaspora |
| Publication date | January 25, 2018 |
| Enhanced typesetting | Enabled |
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