Kiely / Jessup Recovering Buddhism in Modern China

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-0-231-54110-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 400 Seiten

Reihe: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies

Restores the vibrant, creative role of religion in postimperial China

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kiely, Jan

Jessup, J. Brooks

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Wissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Politik, Religionsfreiheit
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Nicht-Westliche Philosophie Indische & Asiatische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Republican-Era Modernity
1. Buddhist Activism, Urban Space, and Ambivalent Modernity in 1920s Shanghai, by J. Brooks Jessup
2. Buddhism and the Modern Epistemic Space: Buddhist Intellectuals in the Science and Philosophy of Life Debates, by Erik J. Hammerstrom
3. A Revolution of Ink: Chinese Buddhist Periodicals in the Early Republic, by Gregory Adam Scott
Part II: Midcentury War and Revolution
4. Resurrecting Xuanzang: The Modern Travels of a Medieval Monk, by Benjamin Brose
5. Buddhist Efforts for the Reconciliation of Buddhism and Marxism in the Early Years of the People's Republic of China, by Xue Yu
6. The Communist Dismantling of Temple and Monastic Buddhism in Suzhou, by Jan Kiely
Part III: Contemporary Social Practice
7. Mapping Religious Difference: Lay Buddhist Textual Communities in the Post-Mao Period, by Gareth Fisher
8. "Receiving Prayer Beads": A Lay-Buddhist Ritual Performed by Menopausal Women in Ninghua, Western Fujian, by Neky Tak-ching Cheung
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jan Kiely is professor of Chinese studies and associate director of the Centre for China Studies at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

J. Brooks Jessup is a postdoctoral fellow in Chinese studies at the Graduate School of East Asian Studies, Free University of Berlin.