Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese
Mediation and Superscription of the Tibetan Tradition in Contemporary Chinese Society
Seiten
2020
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-8464-7 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-8464-7 (ISBN)
This study examines the changing role of Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese in contemporary China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It analyzes how Tibetan Buddhism is both adapting to contemporary Chinese society and reorienting the lives of Han practitioners.
This study analyzes the growing appeal of Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese in contemporary China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It examines the Tibetan tradition’s historical context and its social, cultural, and political adaptation to Chinese society, as well as the effects on Han practitioners. The author's analysis is based on fieldwork in all three locations and includes a broad range of interlocutors, such as Tibetan religious teachers, Han practitioners, and lay Tibetans.
This study analyzes the growing appeal of Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese in contemporary China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It examines the Tibetan tradition’s historical context and its social, cultural, and political adaptation to Chinese society, as well as the effects on Han practitioners. The author's analysis is based on fieldwork in all three locations and includes a broad range of interlocutors, such as Tibetan religious teachers, Han practitioners, and lay Tibetans.
Joshua Esler is lecturer and researcher in Asian studies at Sheridan College.
Introduction: Tibetan Buddhism as a Worldview
Chapter One: The State, Popular Imagination, and Traditional Chinese Cosmology
Chapter Two: Superscribing New Meaning on Guan Gong, the Chinese ‘God of War’
Chapter Three: The Confucian Revival and Tibetan Buddhism
Chapter Four: Pragmatism, Protestantism and Tibetan Buddhism in Hong Kong
Chapter Five: Tibetan Deities and Spirits in a Multilayered Tibetan Landscape
Chapter Six: Chinese Ghosts and Tibetan Buddhism
Conclusion: Tibetan Buddhism Engaging Contemporary China: Continuity, Change, and Authenticity
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 228 mm |
| Gewicht | 635 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4985-8464-0 / 1498584640 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-8464-7 / 9781498584647 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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