The Formation of Regional Religious Systems in Greater China

ISBN-13: 9781032103358 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 242 str.

Opis

Based on years of data compilation and analysis of religious sites, this book explores the formation of Regional Religious Systems (RRS) in Greater China in unprecedented scope and depth. It addresses quantitatively the enduring historical and contemporary issues of China’s deep-rooted regionalism.

Recenzje

'Each (chapter) provides a helpful example of the many ways in which spatial humanities can be implemented.'

- Daniel M. Murray, Centre for China Studies, Ashoka University, New Delhi, India, Review of Religion and Chinese Society

Spis treści

Dedication Acknowledgement Preface by Lewis Lancaster List of Major Chinese Provinces Chronology of Chinese history Introduction: Exploring Regional Religious Systems (RRS): Theoretical and Methodological Considerations Jiang Wu 　 Part One: RRS and the Spread of Religious Sites in Medieval China Making and Marking Buddhist Sacred Space: Wuyue Buddhism and its Influence in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) Albert Welter On the Spatio-temporal Analysis of Religious Institutions: A Study of the Jinhua Prefecture Gazetteer of 1480 Peter Bol Part Two: RRS and the Buddhist Pilgrimage Network in Late Imperial China Traversing the "Pilgrimage Square" of Northern China in the 19th Century Marcus Bingenheimer The Ways of Travelling: A Historical GIS Examination of the Pilgrimage Routes Centered on Mt. Jiuhua in Late Imperial China Ouyang Nan Regional Systems of Guanyin Pilgrimages to Guanyin in the Lower Yangtze Delta during the Ming-Qing Period (1368-1912) Weiran Zhang Part Three: Regional Analysis of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Religions Mapping the Growth of Early Yiguandao Buddha-halls Jonathan Pettit and Joey Marshall Churches at the Margin: Mapping the Establishment of Protestant and Catholic Churches in China, ca. 1949–2004 Fenggang Yang, Joey Marshall, and Jonathan Pettit Spatio-temporal Analyses of Changing Religious Landscapes in China Shuming Bao and Yexi Zhong Part Four: Regional Formation in Periphery Historical GIS and the Study of Southeast China and the Southeast Asian Chinese Diaspora Kenneth Dean Using Geospatial Technologies to Study Regional Folk Religions: The Taiwan Religion Database and Two Case Studies I-chun Fan, Ying-fa Hung, Hsiung-ming Liao, Chen-chou Chen A Regional Systems Approach to the Origin and Spread of the Bon Religion of Tibet Karl E. Ryavec

O autorze

Jiang Wu director, Center for Buddhist Studies and professor, Department of East Asian Studies, College of Humanities, The University of Arizona, USA.