Folk Buddhist religion: dissenting sects in late traditional China

by Daniel L. Overmyer

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First edition

Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press, 1976. First edition, 8vo, pp. xi, 1 , 295, 5 ; fine copy in a very god dust jacket. Focusing on the rituals and beliefs of such prominent groups as the White Lotus which staged the great rebellion of the 18th century , the author describes how many of these sects, although regarded as illegal, developed their own traditions of organization, leadership and scripture, and maintained active congregational life

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