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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819108203321

Autore

Hartz Paula

Titolo

Taoism / / by Paula R. Hartz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Facts On File, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-57508-4

0-203-65351-3

1-134-57509-2

1-280-16076-4

0-203-64671-1

Edizione

[Updated edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

World religions

Classificazione

11.86

Disciplina

299.5/14

Soggetti

Taoism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-270) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 UNDERSTANDING TAOISM; 2 THE CLASSICAL LEGACY; 3 THE COURSE OF THE TAOIST TRADITION; 4 THE SOCIO-POLITICAL MATRIX OF TAOISM; 5 THE CULTIVATED LIFE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX;

Sommario/riassunto

Presents volume thirteen of a fourteen-volume series on World Religions exploring the origins of Taoism in China, its central beliefs and restoration under China's religious freedom clause, rituals, sacred sites, and more.