Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Wieringa, Tommy --- 960 --- levensbeschrijvingen --- biographies et mémoires

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"Contextualizing the sutra within a milieu of intense religious and cultural experimentation, this volume unravels the sudden rise of Diamond Sutra devotion in the Tang dynasty against the backdrop of a range of social, political, and literary activities. Through the translation and exploration of a substantial body of narratives extolling the efficacy of the sutra, it explores the complex social history of lay Buddhism by focusing on how the laity might have conceived of the sutra and devoted themselves to it. Corroborated by various sources, it reveals the cult's effect on medieval Chinese religiosity in the activities of an empowered laity, who modified and produced parasutraic texts, prompting the monastic establishment to accommodate to the changes they brought about"--

Buddhism --- Buddhism. --- History --- Tripiṭaka. --- Tripiṭaka. --- Tripiṭaka. --- Criticism, interpretation, etc. --- Publication and distribution --- History. --- 581-960. --- China.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

An innovative look at how families in Ming dynasty China negotiated military and political obligations to the state. How did ordinary people in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) deal with the demands of the state? In The Art of Being Governed, Michael Szonyi explores the myriad ways that families fulfilled their obligations to provide a soldier to the army. The complex strategies they developed to manage their responsibilities suggest a new interpretation of an important period in China's history as well as a broader theory of politics. Using previously untapped sources, including lineage genealogies and internal family documents, Szonyi examines how soldiers and their families living on China's southeast coast minimized the costs and maximized the benefits of meeting government demands for manpower. Families that had to provide a soldier for the army set up elaborate rules to ensure their obligation was fulfilled, and to provide incentives for the soldier not to desert his post. People in the system found ways to gain advantages for themselves and their families. For example, naval officers used the military's protection to engage in the very piracy and smuggling they were supposed to suppress. Szonyi demonstrates through firsthand accounts how subjects of the Ming state operated in a space between defiance and compliance, and how paying attention to this middle ground can help us better understand not only Ming China but also other periods and places.

Geschichte. --- Mingdynastie. --- Politics and government. --- Politik. --- Soldat. --- Sozialgeschichte. --- Wehrdienst. --- 960-1644. --- China --- China. --- History --- History, Military --- Politics and government

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Bleu et blanc (Céramique) --- Blue and white ware --- Blue and white ware. --- Porcelain, Chinese --- Porcelain, Chinese. --- Porcelaine chinoise --- Histoire --- History --- History. --- Tang-Five dynasties. --- Histoire. --- 618-960. --- China.

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Makes original contributions to French history, African history, the history of Catholicism, and religious studies. The book approaches the history of late colonialism and decolonization in French sub-Saharan Africa from an entirely new political and cultural perspective, by examining it through the prism of religion. Drawing on a plethora of African and French voices, it brings to life a Franco-African Catholic world that had been forged by conquest, colonization, missions, and conversions, and still exists today. Its denizens were preoccupied with the future of France's African colonies, the place of Catholicism in Africa, and whether their personal loyalties should lie with the Vatican, France, or emerging African states. Many leading African intellectuals were Catholics, and the book shows that there was an important Catholic strand of the negritude movement, which has been completely ignored by scholars and impacted the church at the highest levels. This finding contributes to the book's new, striking story of Catholic reform at mid-century, showing how decolonization was a pivotal factor in the reorientation of the church at Vatican II.--

Decolonization --- Christianity and culture --- 241.1*35 --- 27 <6> --- 960.04 --- C1 --- katholieke Kerk --- Afrika [werelddeel] --- dekolonisatie --- 960.04 Geschiedenis van Afrika: dekolonisatie--vanaf 1950 --- Geschiedenis van Afrika: dekolonisatie--vanaf 1950 --- 241.1*35 Black theology --- Black theology --- Contextualization (Christian theology) --- Culture and Christianity --- Inculturation (Christian theology) --- Indigenization (Christian theology) --- Culture --- Sovereignty --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Colonization --- Postcolonialism --- 27 <6> Histoire de l'Eglise--Afrika --- 27 <6> Kerkgeschiedenis--Afrika --- Histoire de l'Eglise--Afrika --- Kerkgeschiedenis--Afrika --- History --- Kerken en religie --- Catholic Church --- History. --- Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교