Empowered by Ancestors

Empowered by AncestorsEmpowered by Ancestors: Controversy over the Imperial Temple in Song China (9601279) examines the enduring tension between cultural authority and political power in imperial China by inquiring into Song ritual debates over the Imperial Temple. During these debates, Song educated elites utilized various discourses to rectify temple rituals in their own ways. In this process, political interests were less emphasized and even detached from ritual

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This book tells the stories of the Jewish women who came of age in Brownsville

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