Daoism in the Twentieth Century: Between Eternity and Modernity (New Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society)

In this volume an interdisciplinary group of scholars explores the social history and anthropology of Daoism from the late nineteenth century to the present, focusing on the evolution of traditional forms of practice and community, as well as modern reforms and reinventions both within China and on the global stage. Essays investigate ritual specialists, body cultivation and meditation traditions, monasticism, new religious movements, state-sponsored institutionalization, and transnational networks. Introduction : the Daoist encounter with modernity / David A. Palmer and Xun Liu pt. I Daoist clerics and temples in changing sociopolitical contexts 1 Zhengyi Daoist masters in the pearl river delta : ruptures and continuities in the transmission of tradition / Lai Chi-tim 2 Revolution of temporality : the modern schooling of Daoist priests in Shanghai at the turn of the twenty-first century / Yang Der-ruey 3 Daoist monasticism at the turn of the twenty-first century : an ethnography of a quanzhen community in Shaanzi Province / Adeline Herrou 4 Urban Daoism, commodity markets, and tourism : the restoration of the Xi'an city god temple / Fan Guangchun pt. II Transformations and reinventions of Daoist self-cultivation traditions 5 Daoists in the modern Chinese self-cultivation market : the case of Beijing, 1850-1949 / Vincent Goossaert 6 Scientizing the body for the nation : Chen Yingning and the reinvention of Daoist inner alchemy in 1930s Shanghai / Xun Liu 7 Dao and nation : Li Yujie-may fourth activist, Daoist cultivator, and redemptive society patriarch in mainland China and Taiwan / David A. Palmer 8 Transmission and innovation : the modernization of Daoist inner alchemy in postwar Taiwan / Lee Fongmao 9 Yuanjidao : from Daoist lineage to prisoner reform in post-Mao China / Lu Xichen pt. III Daoism, Chinese diasporas, and globalization 10 Daoism, local religious movements, and transnational Chinese society : the circulation of Daoist priests, three-in-one self-cultivators, and spirit mediums between Fujian and Southeast Asia / Kenneth Dean 11 Daoism beyond modernity : the 'healingTao' as postmodern movement / Elijah Siegler. An interdisciplinary group of scholars explores the social history and anthropology of Daoism from the late nineteenth century to the present, focusing on the evolution of traditional forms of practice and community, as well as modern reforms and reinventions. Essays investigate ritual specialists, body cultivation and meditation traditions, monasticism, new religious movements, state-sponsored institutionalization, and transnational networks"--Publisher's Web site.