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De Jiao: A Religious Movement In Contemporary China And Overseas: Purple Qi From The East
by Formoso, Bernard
About This Book
This is an account of the religious movement De Jiao, which emerged in China as "A Society for the Recitation of Sutra" during Japanese Occupation of the country in the 1930s and 1940s. It was originally associated with Teochew religious practices and mediums and is now banned in China but has spread throughout the Southeast Asian diaspora. It includes spirit writing, uses mediums, and has many syncretic elements which reinforce aspects of Chinese identity. Chapters explore the De Jiao approach to Buddhist and to Muslim presence and to its own unity/diversity. De Jiao's approach to globalism and to China itself are ongoing concerns. Invocation texts are in the Appendix with a bibliography and index.
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