Scriptures, Schools and Forms of Practice in Daoism: A Berlin Symposium

By Poul Andersen

Contents I. Daoist Scripture and Practice in Comparative Perspective: Scriptures, Forms of Practice, and Comparative Religion; Scriptural Traditions West and East: Foundation of Belief vs. Frameworks for the Transmission of Methods; Sackcloth and Ashes: Self and Family in the Tutan zhai; Scriptures are the Dregs of the Men of Old: Scripture and Practice in Comparative Perspective; Daoist Scripture in Comparative Perspective: A Commentary on J. Lagerwey and P. Andersen. II. Daoist Scripture and Practice Past and Present: The Name of the Nameless and Thunder Magic; Attacking the Fortress: Prolegomenon to the Study of Ritual Efficacy in Vernacular Daoism; Research into the Catalogue of the Daozang of the Early Tang Dynasty: Based on Nanzhu guan ji and the Daoist Scriptures of Dunhuang; Historical Materials for the Quanzhen Daoism in the Wuxing Area; Stars and Legends: Some Observations about Sacred Space in Daoism.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 344705171X
• ISBN13: 9783447051712
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Harrassowitz
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.6"