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Buddhism in world cultures : comparative perspectives / edited by Stephen C. Berkwitz. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion in contemporary culturesPublication details: Santa Barbara : ABC-CLIO, (c)2006.Description: xi, 373 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781851097821
  • 9781851097876
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BQ316.B513.B833 2006
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Contents:
Stephen C. Berkwitz -- Buddhism in Sri Lanka : practice, protest, and preservation/ Stephen C. Berkwitz -- Buddhism in Burma : engagement with modernity/ Juliane Schober -- Buddhism in Thailand : negotiating the modern age/ Justin McDaniel -- Buddhism in Cambodia : rupture and continuity/ Ashley Thompson -- Buddhism in China and Taiwan : the dimensions of contemporary Chinese Buddhism/ Stuart Chandler -- Buddhism in Korea : decolonization, nationalism, and modernization/ Pori Park -- Buddhism in Japan : the creation of traditions/ Stephen G. Covell -- Buddhism in Tibet and Nepal : vicissitudes of traditions of power and merit/ Nicolas Sihle -- Buddhism in the West : transplantation and innovation/ Ellen Goldberg.
Subject: "A comprehensive overview of modern Buddhism across cultures, showing how this ancient religion has adapted to recent social and political change"--Publisher website (November 2007).
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The history of Buddhism in retrospect/ Stephen C. Berkwitz -- Buddhism in Sri Lanka : practice, protest, and preservation/ Stephen C. Berkwitz -- Buddhism in Burma : engagement with modernity/ Juliane Schober -- Buddhism in Thailand : negotiating the modern age/ Justin McDaniel -- Buddhism in Cambodia : rupture and continuity/ Ashley Thompson -- Buddhism in China and Taiwan : the dimensions of contemporary Chinese Buddhism/ Stuart Chandler -- Buddhism in Korea : decolonization, nationalism, and modernization/ Pori Park -- Buddhism in Japan : the creation of traditions/ Stephen G. Covell -- Buddhism in Tibet and Nepal : vicissitudes of traditions of power and merit/ Nicolas Sihle -- Buddhism in the West : transplantation and innovation/ Ellen Goldberg.

"A comprehensive overview of modern Buddhism across cultures, showing how this ancient religion has adapted to recent social and political change"--Publisher website (November 2007).

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