Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2008. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (PhD(Theology)--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-238).

This dissertation seeks to provide an insight into the ritual life of the everyday religious actor of ancient India and the intellectual context of the contestation between the Brahmin and Buddhist religious experts over the construction of the householder ideal through a careful examination of the discourse on ancestor worship. The historical context of this dissertation is an important turning point in the religious history of South Asia: the transition from the Vedic religion to the formative stages of Hinduism, coincident with the rise of Buddhism. The theological construction of the ideal householder is the focal point of this cultural transformation in both traditions, and this study focuses on this everyday religious actor instead of the religious experts, exceptional religious figures, who usually occupy the spotlight in similar studies. The householder is the center of gravity around which both Brahmanical and Buddhist scholastic traditions revolve; they shape and construct their ideologies in response to the needs and desires of the householder, while advancing their own moral and social ideals. Both the Brahmanical and Buddhist scholars react to a broader religious tradition, Householder Religion, and this dissertation demonstrates two key characteristics of this response: 1. Brahmin and Buddhist experts occupy the same discursive space in their efforts to construct their notion of the ‘proper householder’ and 2. both traditions construct the ritual obligations of the householder in such a way as to secure for themselves, among other things, the role of mediator between the householder and various supernatural entities. This thesis focuses on the ancestral rites for three reasons. First, ancestral rites is given a central place throughout the period under discussion. Second, the family, the primary context for the householder, is defined by its lineage, thus the ancestors are central to the householder’s self-definition in both social and religious terms. Third, the texts that describe the rituals of ancestor worship demonstrate the characteristics above more fully in both traditions than do texts that address the householder’s other ritual obligations. Additionally, this allows me to briefly outline the historical development of ancestor worship in ancient India, a task long overdue. / text

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 1999. / Adviser: Robert Eno. Includes bibliographical references.

Inaug.-Diss.--Halle.

張小軍. / 以福建陽村為調查對象 / 論文(哲學碩士)--香港中文大學硏究院人類學部,1994. / 參考文獻: leaves 93-100 / Zhang Xiaochun. / 致謝 / 序言 --- p.3 / Chapter 第一章： --- 陽村概述 --- p.6 / Chapter 一. --- 概况（人口，生態，宗族，經濟） --- p.6 / Chapter 二. --- 移民文化:漢族畲化現象 --- p.10 / Chapter 上篇: --- 宗祠的産生:從功德祠到宗祠 / Chapter 第二章： --- 功德祠：佛教與國家、地方和個人 --- p.17 / Chapter 一. --- 陽村功德祠與個人慎終心理 --- p.17 / Chapter 二. --- 唐宋功德寺的國家和地方傳統 --- p.24 / Chapter 三. --- 從寺到祠的觀念轉變 --- p.28 / Chapter 第三章： --- 儒學與地方群體的宗族化 --- p.36 / Chapter 一. --- 功德寺田，義田和義 莊 --- p.36 / Chapter 二. --- 朱熹與陽村宗族 --- p.39 / Chapter 三. --- 宗族化、宗祠化與地方、國家和個人秩序 --- p.42 / Chapter 下篇: --- 宗祠的“復興´ح：新的社會意義 / Chapter 第四章： --- 宗族與階級 --- p.54 / Chapter 一. --- 階級與社會群體界定的政治化 --- p.54 / Chapter 二. --- 土改中的階級與宗族 --- p.57 / Chapter 三. --- 國家政治下的宗族和階級 --- p.59 / Chapter 第五章： --- "宗祠與""黨""" --- p.66 / Chapter 一. --- 宗祠的“復興´ح --- p.66 / Chapter 二. --- 黨與黨的對話 --- p.70 / Chapter 三. --- 秩序重建中的權力與宗祠“復興´ح的社會意義 --- p.72 / Chapter 第六章: --- 宗祠與老人政治 --- p.80 / Chapter 一. --- 國家政治下的老人權力資源 --- p.80 / Chapter 二. --- 地方老人精英:誰的代理人? --- p.82 / Chapter 三. --- 宗祠：新的權力空間 --- p.86 / 結語 --- p.91 / 參考書目（中文） --- p.93 / 參考書目（英文） --- p.97 / 后記 --- p.100

聂利. / "2010年9月". / "2010 nian 9 yue". / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-112). / Abstract in Chinese and English. / Nie Li. / 前言 --- p.8 / Chapter （一） --- 问题的提出:晚清礼仪之争 --- p.8 / Chapter （二） --- 研究回顾和研究意义 --- p.12 / Chapter （三） --- 研究方法和研究资料 --- p.19 / Chapter 第一章 --- 西方传教士对祖先崇拜的态度 --- p.20 / Chapter （一） --- 反对的立场 --- p.21 / Chapter （二） --- 包容的立场 --- p.24 / Chapter （三） --- 调和的立场 --- p.27 / Chapter （四） --- 小结 --- p.30 / Chapter 第二章 --- 中国基督徒和慕道者对祖先崇拜的态度 --- p.32 / Chapter （一） --- 反对的立场 --- p.33 / Chapter （二） --- 支持的立场 --- p.37 / Chapter （三） --- 小结 --- p.40 / Chapter 第三章 --- 论争中的圣经解释 --- p.49 / Chapter （一） --- 拜独一神 --- p.49 / Chapter （二） --- 孝敬父母 --- p.56 / Chapter （三） --- 偶像 --- p.62 / Chapter （四） --- 其它 --- p.73 / Chapter （五） --- 小结 --- p.78 / Chapter 第四章 --- 晚清礼仪之争与圣经 --- p.87 / Chapter （一） --- 传教士和中国基督徒观点的异同 --- p.87 / Chapter （二） --- 影响传教士立场的因素 --- p.89 / Chapter （三） --- 影响中国基督徒立场的因素 --- p.97 / Chapter （四） --- 圣经的作用 --- p.100 / Chapter （五） --- 小结 --- p.101 / 结论 --- p.104 / 附录:传教士中英文名对照表 --- p.107 / 参考书目 --- p.108

Thesis (M.A. Rel.)--Anderson School of Theology, 1987. / Abstract. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 129-135).

Using documentary and ethnographic information, an analogy is drawn between conquest-period (ca. 1722) and contemporary political and religious institutions among the Cora (Nayari) people of the Sierra del Nayar in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico. Fundamental to these political and religious institutions-then and now-is the idea that the deceased elders of the Cora people continue as active agents in the lives of living Coras, particularly as the seasonal rains. Based on this analogy, an inference is extended from contemporary attitudes of Cora people in the town of Santa Teresa toward the political and religious customs that mediate their relationships with these deceased ancestors, to the possible attitudes of Cora people toward their religious customs at the time of the Spanish conquest of the region. Millenarian fear, an anxiety that is widespread in Santa Teresa as contemporary Coras confront their own failure to adequately continue the customs of their ancestors, is inferred to have been a motivating factor in the Cora's acceptance of Catholic religious customs during the colonial period of their history.

Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [82]-91).