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Bulletin MLSA
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 332

Bulletin MLSA

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Buddhist Modernities
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 317

Buddhist Modernities

The transformations Buddhism has been undergoing in the modern age have inspired much research over the last decade. The main focus of attention has been the phenomenon known as Buddhist modernism, which is defined as a conscious attempt to adjust Buddhist teachings and practices in conformity with the modern norms of rationality, science, or gender equality. This book advances research on Buddhist modernism by attempting to clarify the highly diverse ways in which Buddhist faith, thought, and practice have developed in the modern age, both in Buddhist heartlands in Asia and in the West. It presents a collection of case studies that, taken together, demonstrate how Buddhist traditions interact with modern phenomena such as colonialism and militarism, the market economy, global interconnectedness, the institutionalization of gender equality, and recent historical events such as de-industrialization and the socio-cultural crisis in post-Soviet Buddhist areas. This volume shows how the (re)invention of traditions constitutes an important pathway in the development of Buddhist modernities and emphasizes the pluralistic diversity of these forms in different settings.

Buddhism and Law
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 409

Buddhism and Law

  • Categories: Law

This volume challenges the concept of Buddhism as an apolitical religion without implications for law.

Encyclopedia of Monasticism
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1639

Encyclopedia of Monasticism

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-12-04
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  • Publisher: Routledge

The two-volume Encyclopedia of Monasticism describes the monastic traditions of both Christianity and Buddhism with more than 600 entries on important monastic figures of all periods and places, surveys of countries and localities, and topical essays covering a wide range of issues (e.g., art, behavior, economics, liturgy, politics, theology, and scholarship). Coverage encompasses not only geography and history worldwide but also the contemporary dilemmas of monastic life. Recent upheavals in certain countries are highlighted (Korea, Russia, Sri Lanka, etc.). Topical essays subtitled Christian Perspectives and Buddhist Perspectives explore in imaginative fashion comparisons and contrasts between Christian and Buddhist monasticism. Encyclopedia of Monasticism also includes more than 500 color and black and white illustrations covering all aspects of monastic life, art, and architecture.

Little Buddhas
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 543

Little Buddhas

Edited by Vanessa R. Sasson, Little Buddhas brings together a wide range of scholarship and expertise to address the question of what role children have played in Buddhist literature, in particular historical contexts, and their role in specific Buddhist contexts today.

University of Michigan Official Publication
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 390

University of Michigan Official Publication

Each number is the catalogue of a specific school or college of the University.

The University of Michigan Bulletin
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 244

The University of Michigan Bulletin

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2004
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Each number is the catalogue of a specific school or college of the University.

Asian Studies Newsletter
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 278

Asian Studies Newsletter

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2000
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Virginia
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 774

Virginia

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1993
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Directory of Japan Specialists and Japanese Studies Institutions in the United States and Canada: Japan specialists
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 594