Ancestors and Anxiety

Ancestors and Anxiety
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 233
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ISBN-10 : 9780520249486
ISBN-13 : 0520249488
Rating : 4/5 (488 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Ancestors and Anxiety by : Stephen R. Bokenkamp

Download or read book Ancestors and Anxiety written by Stephen R. Bokenkamp and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2007-08-02 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A work on Chinese concepts of the afterlife. It explores how Chinese authors, including Daoists and non-Buddhists, received and deployed ideas about rebirth from the third to the sixth centuries CE. In tracing the antecedents of these scriptures, it presents non-Buddhist accounts that provide detail on the realms of the dead.


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