The Taoists of Peking, 1800-1949: A Social History of Urban Clerics

by Vincent Goossaert

By looking at the activities of Taoist clerics in Peking, this book explores the workings of religion as a profession in one Chinese city during a period of dramatic modernization. The author focuses on ordinary religious professionals, most of whom remained obscure temple employees. Although almost forgotten, they were all major actors in urban religious and cultural life.

The clerics at the heart of this study spent their time training...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674025059
• ISBN13: 9780674025059
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 395 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.2"