The papers in this volume go back to a conference held September 14-15, 2002, at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, B.C., in honour of Prof. Daniel L. Overmyer on his retirement.

Abbreviations, Introduction, A Critical Review of Daniel L. Overmyer's Contribution to the Study of Chinese Religions, I. Popular Sects and Religious Movements, II. Historical and Ethnographic Studies of Chinese Popular Religion, III. The Religious Life of Clerics, Literati, and Emperors, On the Contributors, Glossary, Index