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A Little Bird Told Me: The Magical Birds of the Pure Land 一只小鸟告诉我:净土的神鸟

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Journal of Chinese Religions Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.1353/jcr.2021.0000

Kendall Marchman

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Deviant Viewers and Gendered Looks: Erotic Interactions with Images and Visual Culture in Song Popular Religion 叛逆的观众与性别的外表——宋代通俗宗教中与形象和视觉文化的情色互动

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Journal of Chinese Religions Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.1353/jcr.2021.0001

Hsiao-wen Cheng

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Releasing Life or Releasing Death: The Practice of and Discourse on Buddhist Animal Liberation Rituals in Contemporary Xiamen 放生还是放死：佛教动物解放仪式在当代厦门的实践与论述

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Journal of Chinese Religions Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.1353/jcr.2021.0004

A. Darshani

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The Precious Scroll of Liu Xiang: Late Ming Roots and Late Qing Proliferation 刘向宝卷：晚明根源与晚清扩散

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Journal of Chinese Religions Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.1353/jcr.2021.0002

K. Alexander

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Building the Buddhist Revival: Reconstructing Monasteries in Modern China by Gregory Adam Scott (review) 构筑佛教复兴:重建近代中国的寺院格里高利·亚当·斯科特著(书评)

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Journal of Chinese Religions Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.1353/jcr.2021.0009

M. Walsh

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The Writ of the Three Sovereigns: From Local Lore to Institutional Daoism by Dominic Steavu (review) 《三公令状:从地方文化到制度道教》作者:史岱武(书评)

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Journal of Chinese Religions Pub Date : 2021-05-01 DOI: 10.1353/jcr.2021.0010

Anna-Alexandra Fodde-Reguer

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Mount Wutai: Visions of a Sacred Buddhist Mountain by Wen-shing Chou (review) 五台山:佛教神山的远景周文成(书评)