De teaching
The De teaching or Deism (Chinese: 德教 Dejiao, "teaching of virtue", the concept of De), which corporate name is the Church of Virtue (德教会 Déjiàohuì), is a sect of the Chinese traditional religion, rooted in Taoism, that was founded in 1945 in Chaozhou, Guangdong. It is popular both in China and amongst expatriate Chinese populations.
History
Originally a reaction of Chaozhou shamans to the Japanese occupation of Chaozhou, it blossomed in the wave of religious innovation after the Second World War. After the communist takeover in Mainland China in 1949 the De faith spread to Overseas Chinese communities in Thailand, Singapore and Malaysia. In recent decades, it has spread back to China and started a world wide expansion effort.
References
↑ Formoso 2010.
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Bibliography
Bernard Formoso. De Jiao - A Religious Movement in Contemporary China and Overseas: Purple Qi from the East. National University of Singapore, 2010. ISBN 978-9971-69-492-0
Bernard Formoso. A Wishful Thinking Claim to Global Expansion? The Case of De Jiao (德教). Asia Research Institute Working Paper No. 96, Université Paris X Nanterre, Sept. 2007, 27 pp.