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Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series 131

Making the Gods Speak

The Ritual Production of Revelation in Chinese Religious History

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ISBN 9780674270947

Publication Date: 07/05/2022

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  • Acknowledgments
  • Note to the Reader
  • Introduction
  • 1. Modes of Divine Presence
  • 2. The Invention of Revelation
  • 3. The Arts of Creating Perceptible Presence and Public Revelation
  • 4. The Development of Spirit-writing, 1000–1400
  • 5. Revealed Texts, 1000–1400
  • 6. The Late Ming Turn
  • 7. Canonizations
  • 8. The Sectarian Turn
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: A Timeline of Chinese Revelations
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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