De teaching
| Church of Virtue Đức giáo hộiDéjiàohuì | |
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| Classification | Taoist-inspiredfolk religious sect |
| Origin | 1945 Chaozhou,Guangdong |
| Other name(s) | Moral Uplifting Society |
| Official website | http:// dedjaonism.org |
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| Chinese folk religion |
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Major cultural forms
Main philosophical traditions: Ritual traditions: Devotional traditions:
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TheDe teaching(Chinese:Đức giáoDejiao,"teaching of virtue", the concept ofDe), whose corporate name is theChurch of Virtue( đức giáo hộiDéjiàohuì), is asectrooted inTaoism,that was founded in 1945 inChaozhou,Guangdong.It is popular both inChinaand amongstexpatriate Chinese populations.[1]
History
[edit]Originally a reaction ofChaozhoushamansto theJapanese occupationofChaozhou,it blossomed in the wave of religious innovation after theSecond World War.[2]After the communist takeover inMainland Chinain 1949 the De faith spread toOverseas Chinesecommunities inThailand,SingaporeandMalaysia.[2]In recent decades, it has spread back toChinaand started a worldwide expansion effort.[2]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Bernard Formoso.De Jiao - A Religious Movement in Contemporary China and Overseas: Purple Qi from the East.National University of Singapore, 2010.ISBN978-9971-69-492-0
- Bernard Formoso.A Wishful Thinking Claim to Global Expansion? The Case of De Jiao ( đức giáo ).Asia Research Institute Working Paper No. 96, Université Paris X Nanterre, Sept. 2007, 27 pp.
- Kazuo Yoshihara.Dejiao: A Chinese Religion in Southeast Asia.Japanese Journal of Religious Studies,Vol. 15, No. 2/3,Folk Religion and Religious Organizations in Asia(Jun. - Sep., 1988), pp. 199–221. Published by: Nanzan University
- Chee Beng Tan.The Development and Distribution of Dejiao Associations in Malaysia and Singapore, A Study on a Religious Organization.Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Occasional Paper n. 79. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1985.ISBN978-9971-988-14-2
