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Von Glahn, Richard. The Sinister Way: The Divine and the Demonic in Chinese Religious Culture.(Book review)

Asian Folklore Studies,  October, 2006  by McGee, Neil Edward

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VON GLAHN, RICHARD. The Sinister Way: The Divine and the Demonic in Chinese Religious Culture. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004. xiii + 385 pages. Maps, illustrations, tables, bibliography, glossary, index. Cloth US$55.00, 36.95 [pounds sterling]; ISBN 0-520-23408-1.

Early on in Chinese history, the imperial state was well aware of heretical practices and supernatural lore that might potentially disrupt the proper duties of the populace and interfere with the governing of a well-ordered society. Unscrupulous officials manipulating the legal statutes for graft, ...

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