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Ancestor Worship and Korean Society

Book by Dawnhee Yim Janelli; Stanford University, 1982

Subjects:

Ancestor Worship--Korea (South)

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Asymetrically Segmented Chinese Lineage 136...Segments 113 Ancestor Worship and Korean Society Introduction...dynasty came changes in ancestor worship. The Book of FamilyRitual...household heads. Ritual Chinese Chu-tzu chia-li...
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The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead - Vol. 1

Book by J. G. Frazer; Macmillan, 1913

Subjects:

Ancestor Worship--Oceania, Burial, Funeral Rites And Ceremonies--Oceania, Immortality--Comparative Studies, Oceania--Religion, Oceania--Social Life And Customs

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Romans, and the modern Chinese and Hindoos, have accepted...disastrous influence which this worship of insanity, -- for it is...a theory familiar to our ancestors not The belief in inspiration leads to the worship of living men as gods...
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Under the Ancestors' Shadow: Chinese Culture and Personality

Book by Francis L. K. Hsu; Columbia University Press, 1948

Subjects:

Ancestor Worship, China--Social Life And Customs

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Chu for the Chinese characters in...VI. HOW ANCESTORS LIVE...Communal Worship 191...Dipper 14 Ancestor worship 15 Birthday...graveyards, and the ancestor-worship festival in the...
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Spiritism and the Cult of the Dead in Antiquity

Book by Lewis Bayles Paton; Macmillan, 1921

Subjects:

Ancestor Worship, Dead, Funeral Rites And Ceremonies, Spiritualism

Collections: Entire Library

...other parts of the world. Other races have practised ancestor-worship as a subsidiary rite alongside of the worship of gods and nature-spirits; but the Chinese have exalted it to the first place, and have made...
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The Potent Dead: Ancestors, Saints, and Heroes in Contemporary Indonesia

Book by Henri Chambert-Loir, Anthony Reid; Allen & Unwin, 2002

Subjects:

Ancestor Worship--Indonesia, Cemeteries--Indonesia, Death--Symbolic Aspects--Indonesia, Funeral Rites And Ceremonies--Indonesia, Indonesia--Religious Life And Customs, Indonesia--Social Life And Customs

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"A collection of studies by leading scholars of Indonesian culture, history and anthropology examining the death practices and rituals of Indonesian tribal groups in the context of ongoing changes is Islam."

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Ancestor Worship and Identity: Ritual, Interpretation, and Social Normalization in the Malaysian Chinese Community

Journal article by Ian Clarke; SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 15, 2000

Collections: Entire Library

...the institution of ancestor worship amongst ethnic Chinese Malaysians, briefly...nature of Malaysian Chinese culture. While ancestor worship remains an important...popular among ethnic Chinese ancestor worship can be ascribed a variety...
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Everywhere Incense Burning: Remembering Ancestors in Doi Moi Vietnam

Journal article by Kate Jellema; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 38, 2007

Subjects:

Ancestor worship--Analysis, Ancestor worship--Methods, Vietnamese culture--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...Ancestor worship as civic engagement...addresses his ancestors. Dressed in...written in Chinese characters...and lineage ancestor worship in Dinh Bang...morality in a Chinese village (Stanford...Thanh Huyen (Ancestor worship) makes a similar...
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Rethinking Ancestors and Colonial Power in Madagascar

Journal article by Jennifer Cole, Karen Middleton; Africa, Vol. 71, 2001

Subjects:

Ancestor worship--Madagascar, Burial--Rites and ceremonies, Funerals--Rites and ceremonies, Imperialism--Madagascar, Madagascar--History

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...Europeans, Merina, Chinese or Indian traders...Middleton, 1997). ANCESTORS AND COLONIALISM...of `ancestor worship formulated for...French models of `ancestor worship supposed. For...make use of `ancestor worship frequently backfired...
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The Dollarization of Vietnamese Ghost money./Viet-Nam: La Dollarisation Des Offrandes Aux Fantomes

Journal article by Heonik Kwon; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 13, 2007

Subjects:

Ancestor worship--Analysis, Rites and ceremonies--Evaluation, Ritual--Evaluation, Rituals--Evaluation, Vietnam--Social aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...from the domain of ancestor worship (Tai 2001: 228). It...the revived family ancestor worship. As noted previously...interpretation. Journal of Chinese Religions 10, 82-7...work of the family ancestor worship). Hanoi: Nha xuat...
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Hsiu-Kou-Ku: The Ritual Refining of Restless Ghosts among the Chinese of Thailand

Journal article by Bernard Formoso; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 2, 1996

Subjects:

Chinese in Thailand--Fairs, festivals, etc., Fasts and feasts--Demographic aspects, Festivals--Religious aspects, Thailand--Fairs, festivals, etc.

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...study of the Chinese cults of the dead and ancestor worship (see Ahern...among the Chinese of Thailand...abandoned ancestor worship. As noted...dead in a Chinese village...geomancy and ancestor worship. In Aspect...

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Respecting Our Ancestors: Christianity & the Confucian Tradition

Magazine article by Wan-Li Ho; Commonweal, Vol. 132, January 14, 2005

Subjects:

Ancestor worship--Religious aspects, Fasts and feasts--Personal narratives, Harmony (Philosophy)--Personal narratives

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

Respecting Our Ancestors: Christianity...Last Supper. As a Chinese woman, I was particularly...reunions. Like many Chinese, my parents, although...Confucian tradition of ancestor veneration. So it...both to talk to our ancestors and to pray to God...ren), and how in Chinese culture it is molded...
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Everyone Is Reasonable: Chinese Assimilation in Thailand

Magazine article by Ben Barber; World and I, Vol. 14, February 1999

Subjects:

Chinese, Chinese (Asian people)--Social aspects, Chinese (Asian people)--Southeast Asia, Chinese (Asian people)--Thailand, Chinese in Asia, Southeastern--Social aspects, Chinese in Thailand--Social aspects, Race relations, Thailand, Thais

Collections: Entire Library

...find it easier to accept the Chinese practice of ancestor worship than do the Muslim majorities...way, they may also stop in a Chinese temple to pay respects, light incense, or worship ancestors. Most will burn paper houses...
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Confusing Judaism and Christianity in Contemporary Chinese Letters

Magazine article by Xiaowei Fu; Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought, Vol. 55, Summer-Fall 2006

Subjects:

Bible (Sacred work), Christianity--Religious aspects, Christianity--Social aspects, Judaism--Religious aspects, Judaism--Social aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...according to Taoist principles and participating in ancestor worship rituals. A Buddhist would have no trouble viewing Jesus...back to the tolerance and magnanimity of traditional Chinese philosophy, which maintains an open-minded attitude...
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Chinese Mental Health

Magazine article by Louise Wong, Joel Richman; Mental Health Nursing, Vol. 20, July 2000

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...implication of `bringing honour to ones ancestors. The 1960s onwards were the growth period of the Chinese restaurants in inland centres. The uncertainty...dialect). The common gods the Chinese worship are Wong Tai Sin and Kwan Yum, whose statue...
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The Demon in David Henry Hwang

Magazine article by Misha Berson; American Theatre, Vol. 15, April 1998

Subjects:

Dramatists--Interviews, Hwang, David Henry--Interviews

Collections: Entire Library

...story was actually old-fashioned Chinese ancestor worship dressed up in Christian drag...surrender their more traditional Chinese spirituality, especially their belief in ancestor worship and ancestral ghosts. Ancestor...

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Kate Adie and the Children Who Have No Past

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 19, 2005

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...religion, best described as ancestor worship. And if you want a religion, this one...was adopted. Any connection with the ancestors was summarily cut off the moment her...orphanages are filled with "imperfect" babies; Chinese orphanages overf low with unwanted girls...
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Heart and Seoul

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 29, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...defining the tastes of Asians. Many Chinese consider it a phenomenon and even...such as its unique cuisine and ancestor worship. Unlike some cultures where a single...Seoul, with a choice of Korean, Chinese and Japanese cuisines, other Asian...
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China Bars Rights Dissident from Returning to Visit Grave: Embarrassment Feared during Zhu's Visit to U.S

Newspaper article by Gus Constantine; The Washington Times, April 6, 1999

Subjects:

China

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...festival, an annual rite during which Chinese sweep the graves of their ancestors. It is a part of traditional Chinese ancestor worship practices that antedate even the sage Confucius. Mr. Wangs father died in February and the Chinese dissident...
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Hitchens in NORTH KOREA; Casting a Shadow ... Peter Hitchens Walks Alongside the Immense Bronze Statue of North Korea's Great Leader Kim Il Sung in the Decaying City of Pyongyang

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 7, 2007

Subjects:

Leadership

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...terminalbuildings at the Chinese airport from which I...an ancientfestival of ancestor worship too powerful to be suppressed...the name Pang Xiong, Chinese for fat bear, aname that...are fleeing across the Chinese border orworking abroad...
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Caring Parents Are Careful Consumers: Children Can Be Susceptible to Media

Newspaper article by Andrew Shulman; The Washington Times, August 17, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...strong family values. "Mulan," which is based on the Chinese legend about a young girl who cross-dresses in order...moving at times." However, "it includes scenes of ancestor worship and spirits of dead people coming alive," according...

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Ancestor Worship

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...highest elaboration in W Africa and in the ancient Chinese veneration of ancestors. It is also well developed in the Japanese Shinto...G. Frazer, The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead (3 vol., 1913 24, repr. 1968...
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China

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Traditionally, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and ancestor worship were practiced in an eclectic mixture with varying...been some well-publicized confrontations between the Chinese government and religious groups. Places of worship...
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Shang

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...was characterized by ancestor worship, sacrifices to nature...earliest examples of Chinese writing. Bronze casting...and the patriarchal Chinese family system seems to...and The Origins of Chinese Civilization (1983...
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Religion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...specific ways when in the presence of these forces (see ancestor worship ; totem ; spiritism ). In a third class of religion...enlightened leader), Brahmanism, and Taoism and other Chinese metaphysical doctrines. Bibliography See J. Wach...
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Tibetan Buddhism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...future Buddhas) are worshiped along with their ferocious...Tibet by a Nepali and a Chinese princess, devout Buddhists...Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, ancestor of the Tibetan people...Tibetan revolt against Chinese rule (see Tibet...exile in India, and the Chinese installed the Panchen...

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