From Comrades to Bodhisattvas: Moral Dimensions of Lay Buddhist Practice in Contemporary China

Moreover, as the later chapters of the book discuss, by writing, copying, and distributing Buddhist-themed materials, the practitioners participate in creating a religious network of fellow-Buddhists across the country, thereby forming a counter-cultural community within contemporary urban China.Hig...

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Beteilige Person: Fisher, Gareth (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press [2014]
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Links:https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824847937
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824847937
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824847937
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824847937
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824847937
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824847937
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824847937
https://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.21313/9780824847937
Zusammenfassung:Moreover, as the later chapters of the book discuss, by writing, copying, and distributing Buddhist-themed materials, the practitioners participate in creating a religious network of fellow-Buddhists across the country, thereby forming a counter-cultural community within contemporary urban China.Highly readable and full of engaging descriptions of the real lives of practicing lay Buddhists in contemporary China, From Comrades to Bodhisattvas will interest specialists in Chinese Buddhism, anthropologists of contemporary Asia, and all scholars interested in the relationship between religion and cultural change
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Nov 2017)
Umfang:1 online resource 7 b&w images, 4 line drawings
ISBN:9780824847937