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Daoism and Chinese Culture | 
 enlarge | Author: Livia Kohn
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Category: Book
List Price: $20.00
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 264202
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 228
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 1931483000
Dewey Decimal Number: 299.514
EAN: 9781931483001
ASIN: 1931483000
Publication Date: May 1, 2001
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Product Description
Concise and comprehensive introduction to the Daoist religion, thematically divided into four parts: Ancient Thought, Religious Communities, Spiritual Practices, Modernity. The book offers an integrated vision of the tradition in its historical and cultural context, also placing it into a larger framework of comparative religion. Contains many original sources and useful references for further reading. Great for students, practitioners, and general audiences.
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Best Introduction to Daoism May 23, 2001
42 out of 44 found this review helpful
Livia Kohn has taught Daoism to college students for over 15 years, and she just edited the Daoism Handbook (which you can buy for a whopping $245!). She's one of the world's experts on Daoism, and for the first time she's put together an extraordinarily readable introduction to one of the world's most fascinating and least understood religions.Unlike many books on Daoism this book covers the whole history from ancient wisdom traditions, through medieval religious communities, to contemporary spiritual practices such as Qigong and Falun gong. Nowhere else are you going to get as comprehensive, and as readable an introduction. It's not just dry history because the author makes connections to broader issues in Chinese culture and also to issues in comparative religions such as mysticism, modernity, identity and community. It's a great book and great value too.
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