essay
Orthodoxy and heterodoxy in Taoist ritual
Religion and ritual in Chinese society • Stanford, Calif. • Published In 1974 • Pages: 325-336
By: Saso, Michael R..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a short essay that describes certain general aspects of the training, activities, and hierarchical organization of the Taoist priesthood in Taiwan, and contrasts the methods and ritual of two orders of Taoist priests, the Lu Shan and Mao Shan, in curing of illness.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Medical therapy
- Theological systems
- Priesthood
- Religious denominations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Taiwan Hokkien
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1995
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- East Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- David Sherwood
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- No date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern Taiwan (p.327)
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael Saso
- Includes bibliography
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Taiwanese