TY - JOUR
T1 - Dreams and conversions
T2 - a comparative analysis of catholic and Buddhist dreams in Ming and Qing China: Part I
AU - Hsia, R. Po Chia
PY - 2005/10/1
Y1 - 2005/10/1
N2 - Since the Church fathers, oneirology and dream revelations were regarded with considerable suspicion among theologians and ecclesiastical authorities, though dreams remained a powerful and pervasive feature of religious expression at a popular level. Among converts in Ming-Qing China, where lay initiatives were necessarily important given the paucity of European priests, holy dreams were crucial in the formation and consolidation of a powerful religious subculture. The following is a version of the keynote address delivered at the Fourth Biennial Meeting of the Religious History Society, in July 2004 in Newcastle, Australia.
AB - Since the Church fathers, oneirology and dream revelations were regarded with considerable suspicion among theologians and ecclesiastical authorities, though dreams remained a powerful and pervasive feature of religious expression at a popular level. Among converts in Ming-Qing China, where lay initiatives were necessarily important given the paucity of European priests, holy dreams were crucial in the formation and consolidation of a powerful religious subculture. The following is a version of the keynote address delivered at the Fourth Biennial Meeting of the Religious History Society, in July 2004 in Newcastle, Australia.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9809.2005.00383.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9809.2005.00383.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:61049223762
SN - 0022-4227
VL - 29
SP - 223
EP - 240
JO - Journal of Religious History
JF - Journal of Religious History
IS - 3
ER -