Description: Introduction to the rich diversity of Chinese beliefs and practices concerning gods, ghosts, and ancestors through primary and secondary sources. Includes oracle bone inscriptions, philosophical arguments on the existence of spirits, tomb contracts, sutra promoting the goddess Guanyin as Giver of Sons, ghost stories, and eyewitness accounts of funeral rituals.
Cross-listing: Cross-listed with RLST 044.
Credit: Credit is awarded for only one of HIST 044/RLST 044 or HIST 044W/RLST 044W.