essay
Religious organization in the history of a Taiwanese town
religion and ritual in chinese society • Stanford, Calif. • Published In 1974 • Pages: 71-92, 354
By: Wang, Shih-ch'ing.
Abstract
This essay is concerned with historical changes in the town of Shu-lin which engendered changes in how membership in religious organizations is defined. The kinds of religious communities that are discussed draw their members on the basis either of residence (i.e., territory) or kinship affiliation, ethnic identity, or devotion to a paricular god.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1995
- Region
- Asia
- Sub Region
- East Asia
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- M. A. Marcus; Marlene Martin
- Field Date
- No date
- Coverage Date
- 'history'
- Coverage Place
- Shu-lin town, Taiwan
- Notes
- Shih-ch'ing Wang
- Includes bibliography
- LCSH
- Taiwanese