Asceticism in Early Taoist Religion
Author:   Stephen Eskildsen
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
ISBN:  

9780791439555


Pages:   282
Publication Date:   07 October 1998
Format:   Hardback
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Asceticism in Early Taoist Religion


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Using a wide variety of original sources, this book examines how and why early Taoists carried out such ascetic practices as fasting, celibacy, sleep deprivation, and wilderness seclusion.

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Author:   Stephen Eskildsen
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.481kg
ISBN:  

9780791439555


ISBN 10:   0791439550
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   07 October 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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At last a book which gives the subject of Taoist ascetic practices the serious and sustained attention it deserves. Eskildsen's book is a significant contribution to the field for it enables us to appreciate an important religious phenomenon as it developed across several different periods and movements within Taoist history. - Sarah A. Queen, Connecticut College


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Stephen Eskildsen is Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Religion, The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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