Author: Dean, Kenneth
Title: Lord of the Three in One: The Spread of a Cult in Southeast China
Description: Princeton, Princeton University Press, (1998). orig.cloth. 24x15cm, xii, 406 pp. Textual illustrations.. Minor rubbing. Light bump to top spine edge. VG. ¶ Contents: Ritual-Events; The Apotheosis of Lin Zhao'en; The Early Disciples; Inner Alchemy, Scriptures, & Liturgies; The Three in One in the Qing & Republican Eras; Ritual Traditions of the Three in One; Current Cultural Range of the Three in One; The Three in One in Contemporary China;Conclusion; Appendices: Editions of Lin Zhao'en's Writings; The Chart of the Inner Landscape of the Nine Stages'; Summary of the 'Ziawunijing'; Scriptures to Popular Deities: The God of Theater; Ritual Documents in the Wubentang 'Guitiao'; Ritual Calendars; Lineages: The Purification of a Stage; Ritual Spells & Visualizations; The Evolution of the Dragon Mountain Hall; Chinese Text of the 'Bentijing'; List of Three in One Books & Manuscripts.

Keywords: History of Religion, Three in One, Fukien Province, Taoist Cults Cult, Chinese Taoism, Confucianism, Lin Chao-en, Daoism Buddhism, China East Asia