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THREE TYPES OF CHINESE NATURE DEITIES--STONE, TREE, AND LAND

INDEX

Abstract and Acknowledgements

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Textual References to Divine Stones and Trees

Chapter Three: The Land God in Chinese Popular Religion

Chapter Four: Festival Dates of the Three Deities

Chapter Five: The Deification of Stones and Trees

Chapter Six: Nominal Adoption and the Three Deities

Chapter Seven: Lottery Gambling and the Three Deities

Chapter Eight: The Links among the Stone, Tree, and Land Deities

Chapter Nine: Conclusion

Bibliography

Lancaster University

THREE TYPES OF CHINESE NATURE DEITIES--STONE, TREE, AND LAND
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Jerome YuChien

LANCASTER, U.K.
JANUARY 1997

Supervised by: Prof. S. McFarlane
Examiners
Prof. Stephan Feuchtwang
Prof. David Smith



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