Daoist Ritual Theory
From Another world: a conversation between Daoism and ritual theory (AAR 2017)
This panel organized for the annual conference of the American Academy of Religion in Boston initiated our project that aims on creating a conversation between Daoism and ritual theory. In it, we introduced Daoist vocabulary related to discourses of ritual and the body such as bodily transformation (bianshen), affective power (ling), embodiments of the Way (tidao), true form (zhenxing), and sincerity (cheng), opening up this valuable, but overlooked liturgical world to a ritual studies audience unacquainted with Daoist terminology. By pairing specific Daoist discourses on the function(s) of ritual with widely known theoretical models, we provide an avenue to this exciting world that furthers intellectual exchange between the fields of Daoism and ritual studies.
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