Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 567 g
Reihe: Contemporary Buddhism
Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 567 g
Reihe: Contemporary Buddhism
ISBN: 978-0-8248-6984-7
Verlag: Kastie Pavlik
Author Jane Caple’s analysis shows that ideas and debates about how best to maintain the mundane bases of monastic Buddhism—economy and population—are intermeshed with those concerning the proper role and conduct of monks and the ethics of monastic-lay relations. Facing a shrinking monastic population, monks are grappling with the impacts of secular education, demographic transition, rising living standards, urbanization, and marketization, all of which have driven debates within Buddhism elsewhere and fueled perceptions of monastic decline. Some Tibetans—including monks—are even questioning the “good” of the mass form of monasticism that has been a distinctive feature of Tibetan society for hundreds of years. Given monastic Buddhism’s integral position in Tibetan community life and association with Tibetan identity, Caple argues that its precarity in relation to Tibetan society raises questions about its future that go well beyond the issue of religious freedom.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Tibetischer Buddhismus