We are pleased to announce the release of the thirteenth volume in the series published by Brill: Religion of the Han Empire: Postmortem Transformation, Immortality, and the Rise of Daoism. The book is by Sheng Jiang. For more information or to order, please visit https://brill.com/display/title/71527.
By examining the tomb images and artifacts from a religious perspective, combined with a cognitive approach that strives to uncover the essentials of the Han belief system, the author convincingly shows how Han belief represented the dimension of faith in the national power structure while reconstructing the history of religious Daoism at the time. This is the first historical study on the subject using this new methodology.
Table of Content:
Introduction
Pages: 1–17
Part 1 Time and Space, Gods and Immortals
Chapter 1 Time and Space in Han Tombs
Pages: 21–45
Chapter 2 Gods of Transformation
Pages: 46–73
Chapter 3 The Immortal Pantheon
Pages: 74–98
Part 2 The Process of Immortal Transformation
Chapter 4 Stages on the Path
Pages: 101–153
Chapter 5 Divine Elixirs and Celestial Kitchens
Pages: 154–182
Chapter 6 Ascension Formalities
Pages: 183–213
Conclusion: the Formation of the Han Tradition
Pages: 214–224
Index
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