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Release : 2005
Genre : Buddhism and politics
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Book Synopsis Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China by :
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Author : Gray Tuttle
Release : 2005
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China by : Gray Tuttle
Download or read book Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China written by Gray Tuttle. This book was released on 2005. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gray Tuttle reveals the surprising role Buddhism and Buddhist leaders played in the development of the modern Chinese state and in fostering relations between Tibet and China from the Republican period (1912-1949) to the early years of Communist rule. Tuttle offers new insights on the impact of modern ideas of nationalism, race, and religion in East Asia. He draws on previously unexamined archival and governmental materials, as well as personal memoirs of Chinese politicians and Buddhist monks, and ephemera from religious ceremonies.
Author : Gray Tuttle
Release : 2002
Genre : Buddhism and politics
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Book Synopsis Faith and Nation by : Gray Tuttle
Download or read book Faith and Nation written by Gray Tuttle. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Melvyn C. Goldstein
Release : 1999
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 237/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet by : Melvyn C. Goldstein
Download or read book Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet written by Melvyn C. Goldstein. This book was released on 1999. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the upheavals of the Cultural Revolution, the People's Republic of China gradually permitted the renewal of religious activity. Tibetans, whose traditional religious and cultural institutions had been decimated during the preceding two decades, took advantage of the decisions of 1978 to begin a Buddhist renewal that is one of the most extensive and dramatic examples of religious revitalization in contemporary China. The nature of that revival is the focus of this book.
Author : David Ownby
Release : 2017
Genre : Religion
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Book Synopsis Making Saints in Modern China by : David Ownby
Download or read book Making Saints in Modern China written by David Ownby. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sainthood" has been, and remains, a contested category in China, given the commitment of China's modern leadership to secularization, modernization, and revolution, and the discomfort of China's elite with matters concerning religion. However, sainted religious leaders have succeeded in rebuilding old institutions and creating new ones despite the Chinese government's censure. This book offers a new perspective on the history of religion in modern and contemporary China by focusing on the profiles of these religious leaders from the early 20th century through the present. Edited by noted authorities in the field of Chinese religion, Making Saints in Modern China offers biographies of prominent Daoists and Buddhists, as well as of the charismatic leaders of redemptive societies and state managers of religious associations in the People's Republic. The focus of the volume is largely on figures in China proper, although some attention is accorded to those in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other areas of the Chinese diaspora. Each chapter offers a biography of a religious leader and a detailed discussion of the way in which he or she became a "saint." The biographies illustrate how these leaders deployed and sometimes retooled traditional themes in hagiography and charismatic communication to attract followers and compete in the religious marketplace. Negotiation with often hostile authorities was also an important aspect of religious leadership, and many of the saints' stories reveal unexpected reserves of creativity and determination. The volume's contributors, from the United States, Canada, France, Italy, China, and Taiwan, provide cutting-edge scholarship. Taken together, these essays make the case that vital religious leadership and practice has existed and continues to exist in China despite the state's commitment to wholesale secularization.
