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22 - The Demonological Framework of the Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace

from Part IV - Featured Conflicts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 May 2023

By
Barend ter Haar
Edited by
Margo Kitts
Margo Kitts
Affiliation:
Hawai'i Pacific University, Honolulu
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Summary

The so-called Great Peace or Taiping Rebellion is one of the most destructive events of Chinese history. Indigenous beliefs in the efficacy of violence to fight demonic beings, including humans identified as such, were an essential element of this event, next to Christian and Confucian sources of inspiration.

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exorcismdemonsHong Xiuquanvisions
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The Cambridge Companion to Religion and War , pp. 428 - 442
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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