{"product_id":"money-god-temples-in-taiwan","title":"Money God Temples in Taiwan","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book traces the history and development of Taiwan’s new money god tradition, where, by borrowing a small sum of blessed ‘fortune money’ and returning it with interest within a year, a temple’s deity may intervene in the recipient’s life, bringing them unearned good luck and good fortune.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComprising an in- depth ethnography based on a decade of research, the book explores Taiwan’s money god tradition, revealing its ritual culture and underlying beliefs, thoroughly analyzed from sociological, comparative historical\/ geographic, Taoist, Buddhist, metaphysical, and philosophical contexts. Drawing on Taoist and Buddhist cosmology, Chinese afterlife beliefs, and a trust in the power of the gods to influence the material world, the narrative explores the subjective nature of luck and fate; of human desires, choices and decisions; and of individuals’ subjective understandings of what the universe contains. These factors all contribute to the book’s final question, which, through an exploration of human- deity interactions, investigates whether Jacques Derrida’s true, un- reciprocal gift exists on a transcendent level amid the religious exchanges within Taiwan’s money god tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Chinese religion and Taiwanese culture, as well as those with an interest in East Asian philosophy and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55287617192280,"sku":"9781041096047","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781041096047_bb21f7cf-a304-4d92-969a-60750f12f574.jpg?v=1772256613","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/money-god-temples-in-taiwan","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}