The Flying Phoenix: Aspects of Chinese Sectarianism in Taiwan

by David K. Jordan and Daniel L. Overmyer

Book Overview

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.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691610436
• ISBN13: 9780691610436
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"