TY - JOUR
T1 - Dreams and conversions
T2 - A comparative analysis of Catholic and Buddhist dreams in Ming and Qing China. Part two
AU - Hsia, R. Po Chia
PY - 2010/6
Y1 - 2010/6
N2 - A database of holy dreams, assembled from Jesuit reports of the 17th century, forms the basis for qualitative and quantitative analyses, the results of which are compared with a second database of holy dreams drawn from Buddhist sources of the 17th and 18th centuries. The comparative analysis of religious images, doctrines, and the social history of dreams allows for some tentative observations on the psychology of Christian conversion and the sociology of Christian community formation in late Ming and early Qing China.
AB - A database of holy dreams, assembled from Jesuit reports of the 17th century, forms the basis for qualitative and quantitative analyses, the results of which are compared with a second database of holy dreams drawn from Buddhist sources of the 17th and 18th centuries. The comparative analysis of religious images, doctrines, and the social history of dreams allows for some tentative observations on the psychology of Christian conversion and the sociology of Christian community formation in late Ming and early Qing China.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1467-9809.2010.00858.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-9809.2010.00858.x
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:77953283552
SN - 0022-4227
VL - 34
SP - 111
EP - 141
JO - Journal of Religious History
JF - Journal of Religious History
IS - 2
ER -