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Worshiping The Ancestors
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Author : Jan Stuart
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2001
Worshiping The Ancestors written by Jan Stuart and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Art categories.
Despite their powerful presence and exquisite quality, Chinese ancestor portraits have never been studied as a genre. This illustrated text explores the artistic, historical, and religious significance of these paintings and places them in context with other types of commemorative portraiture. During the late Ming (1368-1644) and Quing (1644-1911) dynasties, full-length portraits of individual men and women came into vogue. These ancestor portraits were important objects of veneration, and the practice continued into the 20th century, when paintings were gradually replaced by photographs. The authors explore the works in depth, presenting a fascinating glimpse of Chinese life and culture and providing biographies of the sitters. Worshiping the Ancestors should appeal to connoisseurs of Chinese art and to all those interested in social history, portraiture, and devotional art.
Ancestor Worship And Korean Society
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Author : Roger Janelli
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1992-08-01
Ancestor Worship And Korean Society written by Roger Janelli and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-08-01 with Social Science categories.
The study of ancestor worship has an eminent pedigree in two disciplines: social anthropology and folklore (Goody 1962: 14-25; Newell 1976; Fortes 1976; Takeda 1976). Despite obvious differences in geographical specialization and intellectual orientation, researchers in both fields have shared a common approach to this subject: both have tried to relate the ancestor cult of a given society to its family and kin-group organization. Such a method is to be expected of social anthropologists, given the nature of their discipline; but even the Japanese folklorist Yanagita Kunio, whose approach to folk culture stems from historical and nationalist concerns, began his work on ancestors with a discussion of Japan's descent system and family structure (Yanagita 1946). Indeed, connections between ancestor cults and social relations are obvious. As we pursue this line of analysis, we shall see that rural Koreans themselves are quite sophisticated about such matters. Many studies of ancestor cults employ a combination of social and psychological approaches to explain the personality traits attributed to the dead by their living kin. Particular attention has long been given to explaining the hostile or punitive character of the deceased in many societies (Freud 1950; Opler 1936; Gough 1958; Fortes 1965). Only recently, however, has the popularity of such beliefs been recognized in China, Korea, and Japan (Ahern 1973; A. Wolf 1974b; Kendall 1977; 1979; Yoshida 1967; Kerner 1976; Lebra 1976). The earliest and most influential studies of ancestor cults in East Asia, produced by native scholars (Hozumi 1913; Yanagita 1946; Hsu 1948), overemphasize the benign and protective qualities of ancestors. Some regional variations notwithstanding, this earlier bias appears to reflect a general East Asian reluctance to acknowledge instances of ancestral affliction. Such reticence is not found in all societies with ancestor cults, however; nor, in Korea, China, and Japan, is it equally prevalent among men and women. Therefore, we seek not only to identify the social experiences that give rise to beliefs in ancestral hostility, but to explain the concomitant reluctance to acknowledge these beliefs and its varying intensity throughout East Asia. In view of the limited amount of ethnographic data available from Korea, we have not attempted a comprehensive assessment of the ancestor cult in Korean society; instead we have kept our focus on a single kin group. We have drawn on data from other communities, however, in order to separate what is apparently true of Korea in general from what may be peculiar to communities like Twisongdwi, a village of about three hundred persons that was the site of our fieldwork. In this task, we benefited substantially from three excellent studies of Korean ancestor worship and lineage organization (Lee Kwang-Kyu 1977a; Choi Jai-seuk 1966a; Kim Taik-Kyoo 1964) and from two recent accounts of Korean folk religion and ideology (Dix 1977; Kendall 1979). Yet we are still a long way from a comprehensive understanding of how Korean beliefs and practices have changed over time, correlate with different levels of class status, or are affected by regional variations in Korean culture and social organization. Because we want to provide a monograph accessible to a rather diverse readership, we avoid using Korean words and disciplinary terminology whenever possible. Where a Korean term is particularly important, we give it in parentheses immediately after its English translation. Korean-alphabet orthographies for these words appear in the Character List, with Chinese-character equivalents for terms of Chinese derivation. As for disciplinary terminology, we have adopted only the anthropological term "lineage," which is of central importance to our study. We use "lineage" to denote an organized group of persons linked through exclusively male ties (agnatically) to an ancestor who lived at least four generations ago
Worshiping The Ancestors
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Author : Jan Stuart
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2001
Worshiping The Ancestors written by Jan Stuart and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Art categories.
A lavish pictorial exploration of the artistic, historical, and religious significance of Chinese ancestor portraits commissioned during the Ming and Qing dynasties offers a particular study of the collections from the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the Smithsonian. Simultaneous.
Ancestor Worship And Japanese Law
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Author : Nobushige Hozumi
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1938
Ancestor Worship And Japanese Law written by Nobushige Hozumi and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1938 with Law categories.
The Truth Regarding Ancestral Worship
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Author : Matlou Selepe
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-10-21
The Truth Regarding Ancestral Worship written by Matlou Selepe and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-21 with Religion categories.
The book deals with ancestral worship practiced by many people in African countries. It covers the origin of the worship and the subsequent consequences for those practicing it. Beginning with the creation, the book highlights and gives information regarding Lucifer and the spiritual realm. It also touches upon the roles of angels and demonic spirits and the unseen world or realm of the spirit. After dealing extensively with the unseen world, the realm of the spirit, and Lucifer’s subsequent fall, the book then focuses on some of his ruthless and wicked characters being used today against human race. The core of the book, ancestral worship, is covered just after the description of the characters, mainly to enable the reader to understand the origin and the ploy of using ancestral worship as a tool to harvest souls for eternal destruction away from the Almighty God.
Ancestor Worship And Christianity In Korea
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Author : Jung Young Lee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1988
Ancestor Worship And Christianity In Korea written by Jung Young Lee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Religion categories.
Written entirely by Korean Christians, this study analyzes the tension between ancestor worship and Christianity from several perspectives: traditional folk religion, Korean Christianity, Confucianism, and Japanese religion during the Korean occupation of Japan.
Ancestor Worship Japanese Law
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Author : Baron Nobushige Hozumi
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-06-03
Ancestor Worship Japanese Law written by Baron Nobushige Hozumi and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-03 with Social Science categories.
First Published in 2005. The present volume is based upon an address delivered by me at the International Congress of Orientalists held at Rome in October 1899. The object of the original lecture vias to show the close relation which exists between Ancestor-worship and Japanese Law, and the vast influence which the former exercised upon different branches of the latter.
Ancestor Worship And Korean Society
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Author : Roger Janelli
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 1982-06-01
Ancestor Worship And Korean Society written by Roger Janelli and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982-06-01 with Social Science categories.
The study of ancestor worship has an eminent pedigree in two disciplines: social anthropology and folklore (Goody 1962: 14-25; Newell 1976; Fortes 1976; Takeda 1976). Despite obvious differences in geographical specialization and intellectual orientation, researchers in both fields have shared a common approach to this subject: both have tried to relate the ancestor cult of a given society to its family and kin-group organization. Such a method is to be expected of social anthropologists, given the nature of their discipline; but even the Japanese folklorist Yanagita Kunio, whose approach to folk culture stems from historical and nationalist concerns, began his work on ancestors with a discussion of Japan's descent system and family structure (Yanagita 1946). Indeed, connections between ancestor cults and social relations are obvious. As we pursue this line of analysis, we shall see that rural Koreans themselves are quite sophisticated about such matters. Many studies of ancestor cults employ a combination of social and psychological approaches to explain the personality traits attributed to the dead by their living kin. Particular attention has long been given to explaining the hostile or punitive character of the deceased in many societies (Freud 1950; Opler 1936; Gough 1958; Fortes 1965). Only recently, however, has the popularity of such beliefs been recognized in China, Korea, and Japan (Ahern 1973; A. Wolf 1974b; Kendall 1977; 1979; Yoshida 1967; Kerner 1976; Lebra 1976). The earliest and most influential studies of ancestor cults in East Asia, produced by native scholars (Hozumi 1913; Yanagita 1946; Hsu 1948), overemphasize the benign and protective qualities of ancestors. Some regional variations notwithstanding, this earlier bias appears to reflect a general East Asian reluctance to acknowledge instances of ancestral affliction. Such reticence is not found in all societies with ancestor cults, however; nor, in Korea, China, and Japan, is it equally prevalent among men and women. Therefore, we seek not only to identify the social experiences that give rise to beliefs in ancestral hostility, but to explain the concomitant reluctance to acknowledge these beliefs and its varying intensity throughout East Asia. In view of the limited amount of ethnographic data available from Korea, we have not attempted a comprehensive assessment of the ancestor cult in Korean society; instead we have kept our focus on a single kin group. We have drawn on data from other communities, however, in order to separate what is apparently true of Korea in general from what may be peculiar to communities like Twisongdwi, a village of about three hundred persons that was the site of our fieldwork. In this task, we benefited substantially from three excellent studies of Korean ancestor worship and lineage organization (Lee Kwang-Kyu 1977a; Choi Jai-seuk 1966a; Kim Taik-Kyoo 1964) and from two recent accounts of Korean folk religion and ideology (Dix 1977; Kendall 1979). Yet we are still a long way from a comprehensive understanding of how Korean beliefs and practices have changed over time, correlate with different levels of class status, or are affected by regional variations in Korean culture and social organization. Because we want to provide a monograph accessible to a rather diverse readership, we avoid using Korean words and disciplinary terminology whenever possible. Where a Korean term is particularly important, we give it in parentheses immediately after its English translation. Korean-alphabet orthographies for these words appear in the Character List, with Chinese-character equivalents for terms of Chinese derivation. As for disciplinary terminology, we have adopted only the anthropological term "lineage," which is of central importance to our study. We use "lineage" to denote an organized group of persons linked through exclusively male ties (agnatically) to an ancestor who lived at least four generations ago
Path To The Ancestors Exploring Ancestor Worship Within Modern Germanic Heathenry
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Author : Swain Wodening
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2014-08-30
Path To The Ancestors Exploring Ancestor Worship Within Modern Germanic Heathenry written by Swain Wodening and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-30 with Religion categories.
Long has the topic of ancestor worship in modern Germanic Heathenry been largely overlooked. While many within Germanic Heathenry worship their ancestors, other than a few mentions in books, blog posts, web pages and small publications there has not been a work dedicated to the topic. This short book seeks to be a first of its kind and broach the topic. In many ways it is the tale of the path of Swain Wodening from dedicated worshiper of the Germanic gods to worshiper of the ancestors. Not much information exists on the topic so this book is full of personal experiences.
African Religion Defined
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Author : Anthony Ephirim-Donkor
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 2012-07-10
African Religion Defined written by Anthony Ephirim-Donkor and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-10 with Religion categories.
African religion is ancestor worship; that is, funeral preparations, burial of the dead with ceremony and pomp, belief in eternal existence of souls of the dead as ancestors, periodic remembrance of ancestors, and belief that they influence the affairs of their living descendants. Whether called Akw?sidai, Homowo, Voodoo, Nyant?r (Aboakyir), CandomblZ, or Santeria in Africa or the African Diaspora, ancestor worship centers on the ancestors and deities. This makes it a tenably viable religion, because living descendants are genetically linked to their ancestors. The author, a traditional king and professor, studies the Akan in Ghana to demonstrate that ancestor worship is as pragmatic, systematic, theological, teleological, soteriological — with a highly trained clerical body and elders as mediators — and symbolic as any other religion in the world. Ancestor worship follows prescribed rites and rituals, formulas, precepts for ritual efficacy, and festivities of honor with music and dances to provoke ancestors and deities into joining in the celebration.