ISSN:
2214-3955
Content:
“Redemptive societies” is a term often used to refer to the organized expression of salvationist religious activity in Republican period China. These groups were a major part of Chinese social and cultural life in the decades preceding the Communist revolution, and are related, in ways that remain unclear, to the “White Lotus” sectarian traditions under the dynasties, and to the qigong boom of the 1980s and 1990s. This article assesses the state of the field of studies on redemptive societies, and offers suggestions for its future development.
In:
Review of Religion and Chinese Society, Leiden : Brill, 2014, 6(2019), 2, Seite 209-228, 2214-3955
In:
volume:6
In:
year:2019
In:
number:2
In:
pages:209-228
Language:
English
Keywords:
China
;
Weißer Lotos
;
Yiguan Dao
;
Ch'i-kung
;
Religiöse Gemeinschaft
;
Erlösung
DOI:
10.1163/22143955-00602004
URL:
https://brill.com/view/journals/rrcs/6/2/article-p209_209.xml
