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The concept of soul in Chinese folk religion
Journal of Asian studies • 38 (3) • Published In 1979 • Pages: 519-528
By: Harrell, Stevan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Harrell examines what a soul is and what part the soul plays in the conception of what a human being is. The essay contains information on the number of souls and the soul as part of the person.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cult of the dead
- Animism
- Eschatology
- Revelation and divination
- Ethnopsychology
- 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
- article
- 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
- Marlene Martin
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1973
- 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)
- Hai-shan region, Taipei hsien, Taiwan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Stevan Harrell
- Includes bibliography
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Taiwanese