How Long to Read Signs from the Unseen Realm

How Long Does it Take to Read Signs from the Unseen Realm?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Signs from the Unseen Realm by Robert Ford Campany

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In early medieval China hundreds of Buddhist miracle texts were circulated, inaugurating a trend that would continue for centuries. Each tale recounted extraordinary events involving Chinese persons and places—events seen as verifying claims made in Buddhist scriptures, demonstrating the reality of karmic retribution, or confirming the efficacy of Buddhist devotional practices. Robert Ford Campany, one of North America’s preeminent scholars of Chinese religion, presents in this volume the first complete, annotated translation, with in-depth commentary, of the largest extant collection of miracle tales from the early medieval period, Wang Yan’s Records of Signs from the Unseen Realm, compiled around 490 C.E. In addition to the translation, Campany provides a substantial study of the text and its author in their historical and religious settings. He shows how these lively tales helped integrate Buddhism into Chinese society at the same time that they served as platforms for religious contestation and persuasion. Campany offers a nuanced, clear methodological discussion of how such narratives, being products of social memory, may be read as valuable evidence for the history of religion and culture. Readers interested in Buddhism; historians of Chinese religions, culture, society, and literature; scholars of comparative religion: All will find Signs from the Unseen Realm a stimulating and rich contribution to scholarship.

How long is Signs from the Unseen Realm?

Signs from the Unseen Realm by Robert Ford Campany is 330 pages long, and a total of 82,500 words.

This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 101% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Signs from the Unseen Realm Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 30 minutes to read Signs from the Unseen Realm aloud.

What Reading Level is Signs from the Unseen Realm?

Signs from the Unseen Realm is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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