The formation of regional religious systems in greater China / edited by Jiang Wu.
| Other author | Wu, Jiang, 1969- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022. |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge spatial humanities |
| Contents | Introduction: Exploring regional religious systems (RRS) : theoretical and methodological considerations / Jiang Wu -- Making and marking Buddhist sacred space : Wuyue Buddhism and its influence in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) / Albert Welter -- On the spatio-temporal analysis of religious institutions : a study of the Jinhua prefecture gazetteer of 1480 / Peter Bol -- Traversing the "pilgrimage square" of northern China in the 19th century / Marcus Bingenheimer -- The ways of travelling : a historical GIS examination of the pilgrimage routes centered on Mt. Jiuhua in late imperial China / Ouyang Nan -- Regional systems of Guanyin pilgrimages to Guanyin in the lower Yangtze Delta during the Ming-Qing period (1368-1912) / Weiran Zhang -- Mapping the growth of early Yiguandao Buddha-halls / Jonathan Pettit and Joey Marshall -- Churches at the margin : mapping the establishment of Protestant and Catholic Churches in China, ca. 1949-2004 / Fenggang Yang, Joey Marshall, and Jonathan Pettit -- Spatio-temporal analyses of changing religious landscapes in China / Shuming Bao and Yexi Zhong -- Historical GIS and the study of southeast China and the southeast Asian Chinese diaspora / Kenneth Dean -- Using geospatial technologies to study regional folk religions : the Taiwan religion database and two case studies / I-chun Fan, Ying-fa Hung, Hsiung-ming Liao, Chen-chou Chen -- A regional systems approach to the origin and spread of the Bon religion of Tibet / Karl E. Ryavec. |
| Abstract | "The rise of Spatial Humanities has spurred a digital revolution in the field of Chinese studies, especially in the study of religion. Based on years of data compilation and analysis of religious sites, this book explores the formation of Regional Religious Systems (RRS) in Greater China in unprecedented scope and depth. It addresses quantitatively the enduring historical and contemporary issues of China's deep-rooted regionalism and spatially variegated cultural and religious landscape. A range of topics are explored: from theoretical discussions of the concept of RRS; case studies of regional and local religious institutions; the formation of local cults and pilgrimage network; to the spread of religious networks to overseas Chinese communities and the Bon religion in Tibet. The book also considers long-standing challenges of researching with spatial data for humanities and social science research, such as data collection, integration, spatial analysis, and map creation. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in Religious Studies, Cultural Studies, Chinese studies, Digital Humanities, Human Geography and Sociology"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Formation of regional religious systems in greater China Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022 9781032103358 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021051040 |
| ISBN | 9781000568394 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781003214847 (ebook) |
| ISBN | (hardback) |
| ISBN | (paperback) |