Daniel L Overmyer

Dados Biográficos

ID336895
NOMEDaniel L Overmyer
PRENOMESDaniel L
SOBRENOMEOvermyer
ASSINATURAOVERMYER D L
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of British Columbia
VERIFICADONão
TOTAL DE OBRAS53
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES88
TOTAL COMO AUTOR53
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1969
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2009
ÍNDICE H4

  • Local Religion in North China in the Twentieth Century

    Daniel L Overmyer, Daniel OvermyerBOOKLocal religion in North China in…2009

    This book is a comprehensive survey of the structure, organization and institutionalization of local community religious traditions in north China villages in the twentieth century. These traditions have their own forms of leaders, deities and beliefs. Despite much local variation one everywhere finds similar temples, images, offerings and temple festivals, all supported by practical concerns for divine aid to deal with the problems of everyday l…

  • The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture

    Open AccessKam Hung Louie, Peter Zarrow et al.BOOKThe Cambridge Companion to Modern…2008

    At the start of the twenty-first century, China is poised to become a major global power. Understanding its culture is more important than ever before for western audiences, but for many, China remains a mysterious and exotic country. This Companion explains key aspects of modern Chinese culture without assuming prior knowledge of China or the Chinese language. The volume acknowledges the interconnected nature of the different cultural forms, fro…

  • Kuan-yin

    Daniel L OvermyerARTICLEThe Journal of Religion2002

  • The Philosophy of Wu Ch'eng

    Daniel L Overmyer, David GedaleciaARTICLEPacific Affairs2000

  • Precious Volumes

    Open AccessDaniel L OvermyerBOOKPrecious Volumes1999

    Precious volumes, or pao-chuan, were produced by popular sects in the Ming and early Qing dynasties. These scriptures were believed to have been divinely revealed to sect leaders and contain teachings and ritual instructions that provide valuable information about a lively and widespread religious tradition outside mainstream Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism. Largely neglected until now, they testify to the imagination and devotion of popular r…

  • Chinese Popular Culture and Ming Chantefables

    Daniel L Overmyer, Anne E MclarenARTICLEHarvard Journal of Asiatic Studies1999

  • Taoist Meditation

    Open AccessDaniel L OvermyerARTICLEStudies in Religion/Sciences…1995

  • The Origins of the Tiandihui

    Daniel L OvermyerREVIEWJournal of the American Oriental…1995

    The Tiandihui, also known as the Heaven and Earth Association or the Triads, was one of the earliest, largest, and most enduring of the Chinese secret societies that have played crucial roles at decisive junctures in modern Chinese history. These organizations were characterized by ceremonial rituals, often in the form of blood oaths, that brought people together for a common goal. Some were organized for clandestine, criminal, or even seditious …

  • Buddhism in Chinese Society

    Daniel L Overmyer, Jacques Gernet et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1995

    This seminal study of the religious and economic history of Buddhism by the premier French sinologue has for decades been considered an unsurpassed classic. Here, for the first time, it is available to English-language readers in an updated edition. The fifth through tenth centuries were the period of the greatest expansion of the Buddhist Church in China. Monastic estates controlled a sizeable share of the economy, owning a considerable amount o…

  • Praying for Power

    Open AccessDaniel L OvermyerARTICLEJournal of History1994

  • Taoist Ritual and Popular Cults of Southeast China

    Daniel L OvermyerREVIEWPacific Affairs1994Citada por: 2

  • The Oldest Chinese Sectarian Scripture, The Precious Volume, Expounded by the Buddha, on the Results of [the Teaclhng of] the Imperial Ultimate [Period] (Fo Shuo Huang-Chi Clheh-Kuo Pao-Chüan, Pub. 14…

    Daniel L Overmyer, Thomas Li ShiyuARTICLEJournal of Chinese Religions1992

    (1992). The Oldest Chinese Sectarian Scripture, The Precious Volume, Expounded by the Buddha, on the Results of [the Teaclhng of] the Imperial Ultimate [Period] (Fo Shuo Huang-Chi Clheh-Kuo Pao-Chüan, Pub. 1430) Journal of Chinese Religions: Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 17-31.

  • The Turning of the Tide

    Daniel L OvermyerARTICLEThe Journal of Religion1992

  • Disorder Under Heaven

    Open AccessDaniel L OvermyerARTICLEJournal of History1992

    "Disorder Under Heaven: Collective Violence in the Ming Dynasty, by James W. Tong." Canadian Journal of History, 27(3), pp. 586–587

  • Soulstealers

    Daniel L Overmyer, Philip A KuhnARTICLEPacific Affairs1991

  • Buddhism in The Trenches

    Daniel L OvermyerARTICLEHarvard Journal of Asiatic Studies1990Citada por: 3

  • Death Ritual in Late Imperial and Modern China

    Daniel L Overmyer, James L Watson et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1989

  • Buddhism under the T'ang

    Daniel L Overmyer, Stanley WeinsteinARTICLEThe American Historical Review1988

    Buddhism Under the Tang is a history of the Buddhist church during the T'ang dynasty (618 907), when Buddhist thought reached the pinnacle of its development. The T'ang saw the formation of important philosophical schools, the introduction of Esoteric Buddhism from India, and the emergence of the Pure Land and Ch'an schools as the predominant expressions of Buddhist faith and practice. Professor Weinstein draws extensively upon both secular and e…

  • The Flying Phoenix

    Myron L Cohen, David K Jordan et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1988

  • Individualism and Holism. Studie in Confucian and Taoist Values

    Daniel L Overmyer, Donald J MunroARTICLEPacific Affairs1987

  • Unities and Diversities in Chinese Religion

    Daniel L Overmyer, R P WellerARTICLEPacific Affairs1987

  • The Flying Phoenix

    Stephan Feuchtwang, David K Jordan et al.ARTICLEMan1987Citada por: 2

  • The Flying Phoenix

    David K Jordan, Daniel L OvermyerBOOKFlying Phoenix1986

    Anthropologist David Jordan and Daniel Overmyer, a historian of religions, present a joint analysis of the most important group of sectarian religious societies in contemporary Taiwan: those that engage in automatic writing seances, or worship by means of the phoenix" writing implement. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from t…

  • Guide to Chinese Religion

    Daniel L Overmyer, David C Yu et al.ARTICLEPacific Affairs1986

  • China's Cultural Heritage

    Daniel L OvermyerARTICLEMing Studies1985Citada por: 1