Buddhism in the modern world adaptations of an ancient tradition /

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Heine, Steven, 1950-, Prebish, Charles S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Aniconism versus iconism in Thai Buddhism / Donald K. Swearer
  • The modernization of Sinhalese Buddhism as reflected in the Dambulla cave temples / Nathan Katz
  • Varying the vinaya : creative responses to modernity / Charles S. Prebish
  • Master Hongyi looks back : a modern man becomes a monk in twentieth-century China / Raoul Birnbaum
  • Transitions in the practice and defense of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism / Charles B. Jones
  • Won Buddhism : the historical context of Sot'aesan's reformation of Buddhism for the modern world / Bongkil Chung
  • Abbreviation or aberration : the role of the Shushōgi in modern Sōtō Zen Buddhism / Steven Heine
  • "By imperial edict and shogunal decree" : politics and the issue of the ordination platform in modern lay Nichiren Buddhism / Jacqueline I. Stone
  • The making of the western Lama / Dan Cozort
  • "Liberate the Mahabodhi temple!" : socially engaged Buddhism, Dalit-style / Tara N. Doyle.