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...Donald M. Nonini Copyright © 1998 by Duke University Press 1998 “Chinese Society,” Coffee-Shop Talk, Possessing Gods: The Politics of Public Space among Diasporic Chinese in Malaysia Donald M. Nonini Public Spaces, Bodies, Powers Recent discussions...

...Gao Bingzhong This article narrates how a temple fair worshipping a dragon god, the object of superstition for about sixty years, became an official piece of intangible cultural heritage. This story takes place in three chapters: First, the temple fair as a local tradition was revived after China...

... among the nations.” In our religious mythologies, we find sources of both violence and peace. Kogawa Three Deities 127 The three deities of this talk are, first, the god who demands all; second...

... equated with God. For example, “for T is truth and therefore he is God. . . . For U is union and therefore he is God.” Radi- cal Orthodoxy cites as its epigraph the following line from the poem: “X has the power of three and therefore he is God...

..., the sacred peak that dominates the religious and moral landscapes of the Tsugaru Peninsula in northern- most Honshu, Japan. As she recalled her long life of dedicated service to the gods, her narrative moved fluidly back and forth between...

... and repoliticizes the work of Christian women mystics, “who claimed to have extraordinary experiences of the divine and/ or of union with God that both authorized their writing and served as its subject matter,”1 as emancipatory. Amy Hollywood explores...

...), when the altar is opened (kai tan) for consultations with the god, are held here three times during ev- ery ten-day period. Anyone may come in and consult Jigong, and the séances are normally attended by around twenty or thirty people...

... of Bidding Farewell to All Gods: The ‘Fin-de-siecle’ Confrontation in Contemporary Chinese Literary Theory”. Literature and Art Gazette (Wenyi bao) (Beijing), 16 November, p. 3. Iggers , George G. 1983 . The German Conception of History: The National Tradition of Historical Thought from Herder...

... translation by the Jesuits of what was strange into a famil- iar, preexistent understanding. For sixteenth-century Chinese, the native entity, Kongzi, was a man-god, a shengren who was the object of an imper- ial cult, the ancient ancestor...

... that the traditional imperial administration plays a crucial role in Chinese cosmology. Like officials, the gods are said to be appointed to local administrations and specialized offices, and the entire pantheon of major and minor deities appears...

... of 1975–1979. 5 The ruling Cambodian People's Party is the country's only political party. 6 For a detailed description of the God School, see Rumsby 2021 . 7 For a discussion on how the notion of gender performativity can be applied to belonging, see Bell 1999 . c.rumsby...

... or Charles Vaclavik’s The Vegetarianism of Jesus Christ (1986), are nonetheless far from mainstream. Ricci and God’s Gift to Man The first wave of Catholic missions in China was during the late Ming and early Qing. Of the several hundred missionaries...

...- cussion a while ago when I said the “ideal” is nonsensical, that’s because I actually think that human destiny is at God’s disposal. I’ve tried to examine this in my novel. For example, we have Christ on earth, but is there one on Mars? Among others...

..., the building currently under construction will have 141 rooms. Tudumari Beach is sacred land for the local people, not only because they consider it a place where gods descend and play, but also because it provides the nurturing...

... in a highly engaged manner, with the view of accessing him and finally coming to terms with his pres- ence. A film on Ocampo, titled God Is My Co-Pilot and directed by Phillip Rodriguez, and interviews of the artist also form part of this resource...

... society,” with room enough for all of God’s creations positions 5:2 0 1997 by Duke University Press. positions 5:2 Fall 1997 440 to live in harmony.2 On another level, it may be interpreted...

... to Japan,” introducing not simply advanced technology like the daguerrotype, the telegraph, and the railroad, but more importantly, the rule of international law, the extension of liberty, and the word of God.6O This beneficent work...

... the world more democratic. After all, what material benefits can the subaltern classes gain from imaginations in which gods, positions 2:2 Fall 1994 450 spirits, humans, and animals inhabit the same world...

... or God (except in as much as spectacle, morals, God can condense into singular zip-instants). Rather, today’s warfare arts have a whole lot more to do with the ability (or not) to capture one’s prey while on the move; more bizarrely still, to do so...

..., have only the gods to rely upon to avoid evils and calamities. Now, the believers say, biologists’ theories disparage the merits of the gods and induce humanity to pessimism: for how could humanity do that which...