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Cultivating Perfection: Mysticism and Self-Transformation in Early Quanzhen Daoism
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Artikel-Nr:
9789004160385
Veröffentl:
2007
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.09.2007
Seiten:
575
Autor:
Louis Komjathy
Gewicht:
1155 g
Format:
250x174x40 mm
Serie:
76, Sinica Leidensia
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Louis Komjathy Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Boston University, is Assistant Professor of Religion at Pacific Lutheran University and Research Associate of the Institute of Religion, Science, and Social Studies (Shandong University, PRC). He also serves as Co-director of the Center for Daoist Studies and Co-chair of the Daoist Studies Consultation of the American Academy of Religion. He has previously published Title Index to Daoist Collections (Three Pines Press, 2002).
Employing a comparative religious studies approach, this book provides a comprehensive discussion of early Quanzhen as a Daoist religious movement charactized by asceticism, alchemical transformation, and mystical experiencing. Emphasis is placed on the complex interplay among views of self, religious praxis, and religious experience.