The Expansion of the Andong Division of Yiguan Dao in Austria

This article examines the dissemination of an Yiguan Dao division, Andong, in Austria. Proselytizing activities of Andong are mainly conducted in Vienna, Linz, and Salzburg. In Vienna and Linz, Yiguan Dao has formed a diasporic religion for overseas Chinese from various national backgrounds. It cate...

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1. VerfasserIn: Shen, Yeh-Ying (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Johns Hopkins University Press 2021
In: Journal of Chinese religions
Jahr: 2021, Band: 49, Heft: 2, Seiten: 241-264
weitere Schlagwörter:B overseas missions
B Yiguan Dao
B Meditation
B 奧地利華人
B Austrian Chinese
B 海外傳道、靜坐
B diasporic religion
B 離散宗教
B 一貫道
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Zusammenfassung:This article examines the dissemination of an Yiguan Dao division, Andong, in Austria. Proselytizing activities of Andong are mainly conducted in Vienna, Linz, and Salzburg. In Vienna and Linz, Yiguan Dao has formed a diasporic religion for overseas Chinese from various national backgrounds. It caters to the Austrian Chinese community and engages in creating a shared diasporic identity. This paper also explores Andong’s most characteristic trait that distinguishes it from other divisions, namely, meditation. This practice seems to have attracted a number of Austrians to follow Yiguan Dao in both Vienna and Salzburg. Being a Chinese diasporic religion and attempting to spread cross-ethnically in Austria at the same time, Yiguan Dao is assuming new significance.
ISSN:2050-8999
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of Chinese religions