Scriptures, Schools and Forms of Practice in Daoism

A Berlin Symposium

edited by Poul Andersen and Florian C Reiter

Book cover: Scriptures, Schools and Forms of Practice in Daoism

Extent: 263 pages

Publisher: Harrassowitz Verlag

Subjects: Asian/Pacific Studies & Religions, Religious Studies

Series: Asien- und Afrika-Studien der Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin

Series volume number: 20

Language: English

(Paperback) (Published)

(May 2005)

ISBN: 9783447051712

6.65 x 9.45 inches

Price: $73.00

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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.


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

  • Edited by Poul Andersen
  • Edited by Florian C Reiter