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Taoists of Peking, 1800-1949 A Social History of Urban Clerics
by Goossaert, Vincent
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- ISBN-13: 9780674025059
- ISBN: 0674025059
- Publication Date: 2007
- Publisher: Harvard University, Asia Center
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By looking at the activities of Taoist clerics in Peking, this text explores the workings of religion as a profession in one Chinese city during a period of dramatic modernisation. It focuses on ordinary religious professionals, most of whom remained obscure temple employees.Goossaert, Vincent is the author of 'Taoists of Peking, 1800-1949 A Social History of Urban Clerics', published 2007 under ISBN 9780674025059 and ISBN 0674025059.
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