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The Sinister Way
University of California Press 2004; US$ 65.00The most striking feature of Wutong, the preeminent God of Wealth in late imperial China, was the deity's diabolical character. Wutong was perceived not as a heroic figure or paragon of noble qualities but rather as an embodiment of humanity's basest vices, greed and lust, a maleficent demon who preyed on the weak and vulnerable. In The Sinister Way,... more...
Handbook of Chinese Mythology
ABC-CLIO 2005; US$ 75.00An informative work of historical and contemporary Chinese myths, including a collection of historical documents, detailing myths as they live and change in China today. This work focuses on the Han Chinese people, but ranges across the full ethnic spectrum of ancient and modern China. more...
Virtue Ethics and Consequentialism in Early Chinese Philosophy
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 40.00Van Norden examines early Confucianism as a form of virtue ethics and Mohism as a version of consequentialism. more...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Taoism
Alpha Books 2002; US$ 18.95You?re no idiot, of course. You know Taoism is one of the world?s oldest religions, based on simplicity and balance. However, you may not know it has important parallels with modern Western life: health, ecology, even in such pop culture icons as Luke Skywalker and The Beatles. But you don?t have to sit at the feet of a Taoist master to learn how... more...
Cultivating Perfection
BRILL 2007; US$ 212.00This important work focuses on early Quanzhen (Complete Perfection) Daoism, a twelfth-century Daoist religious movement and subsequent monastic order. Emphasis in this first study to approach Quanzhen from a comparative religious studies perspective is placed on the complex interplay among views of self, specific training regimens, and the types of... more...
Tibetan Ritual
Oxford University Press, USA 2009; US$ 22.99Ritual is one of the most pervasive religious phenomena in the Tibetan cultural world. Despite its ubiquity and importance to Tibetan cultural life, however, only in recent years has Tibetan ritual been given the attention it deserves. This is the first scholarly collection to focus on this important subject. Unique in its historical, geographical... more...
The Tao of Forgiveness
Penguin Group US 2010; US$ 15.95Bestselling Taoist author William Martin brings the power of the Tao to the essential practice of forgiveness, creating a unique path from guilt, blame, and shame to peace of mind and freedom. How do we forgive when forgiveness seems impossible? William Martin, author of the bestselling The Parent's Tao Te Ching , provides practical and time... more...
In Search of the Folk Daoists of North China
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2010; US$ 124.95Largely unstudied by scholars of religion, folk Daoist ritual in north China has been a constant theme of Chinese music scholars. Stephen Jones places lay Daoists within the wider context of folk religious practices - including those of lay Buddhists, sectarians, and spirit mediums. Jones describes ritual sequences within funerals and temple fairs,... more...
Chinese Ritual and Politics
Cambridge University Press 1981; US$ 34.00Ritual action in China often takes its logic from political action. In this book Emily Ahern explores the implications of this. more...









