The Transnational Cult of Mount Wutai

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-38542-9
Verlag: World Bank Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 472 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 849 g

Reihe: Studies on East Asian Religions

The Transnational Cult of Mount Wutai explores the pan-East Asian significance of sacred Mount Wutai from the Northern Dynasties to the present day. Offering novel readings of comparatively familiar visual and textual sources and, in many cases, examining unstudied or understudied noncanonical materials, the papers collected here illuminate the roles that both local actors and individuals dwelling far beyond Mount Wutai’s borders have played in its making and remaking as a holy place for more than fifteen hundred years. The work aims to contribute to our understanding of the ways that sacred geography is made and remade in new places and times.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Andrews, Susan

Weitere Mitwirkende

Andrews, Susan

Chen, Jinhua

Kuan, Guang

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Über Autor(innen)

Susan Andrews, Ph.D. (2012), Columbia University, is Associate Professor of East Asian Religions at Mount Allison University. Her research explores sacred place and pilgrimage, Buddhism’s interactions with autochthonous forms of practice, the economics of religious life, and participative pedagogy.

Jinhua Chen is a professor at the University of British Columbia and a visiting professor at several major universities, including Tokyo University (2003-04), Stanford (2012) and Capital Normal University (2019-20). He has published extensively on state-church relationships, monastic (hagio/)biographical literature, Buddhist sacred sites, relic veneration, Buddhism and technological innovation in medieval East Asia.

Kuan Guang, Ph.D.(2010), SOAS, is a Research Fellow in Chinese Buddhism at King’s College, London. Kuan Guang's principle research interests lie in the history and texts of Chinese Buddhism, with a particular expertise and interest in translating classical Chinese Buddhist and historical texts. His current study is focused on Ming Buddhist history, particularly on an internationally well-known Buddhist pilgrimage centre Wutai Shan.