The Flying Phoenix: Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan

by David K. Jordon, Daniel L. Overmyer, David K. Jordan

Anthropologist David Jordan and Daniel Overmyer, a historian of religions, present a joint analysis of the most important group of sectarian religious societies in contemporary Taiwan: those that engage in automatic writing seances, or worship by means of the phoenix" writing implement. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069107304X
• ISBN13: 9780691073040
• Release Date: October 1986
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"