Mapping Modern Mahayana: Chinese Buddhism and Migration in the Age of Global Modernity

Jens Reinke

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Mapping Modern Mahayana

Chinese Buddhism and Migration in the Age of Global Modernity

Jens Reinke

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2021

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Volume 11 | Dialectics of the Global

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This book presents a multi-sited ethnographic study of the global development of the Taiwanese Buddhist order Fo Guang Shan. It explores the order’s modern Buddhist social engagements by examining three globally dispersed field sites: Los Angeles in the United States of America, Bronkhorstspruit in South Africa, and Yixing in the People’s Republic of China. The data collected at these field sites is embedded within the context of broader theoretical discussions on Buddhism, modernity, globalization, and the nation-state. By examining how one particular modern Buddhist religiosity that developed in a specific place moves into a global context, the book provides a fresh view of what constitutes both modern and contemporary Buddhism while also exploring the social, cultural, and religious fabrics that underlie the spatial configurations of globalization.

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Jens Reinke, University of Leipzig, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
On the Series Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	XI
Abstract Publicly Available Download PDF	XIII
Mapping Modern Mahayana Open Access Download PDF	1
The Many Transnationalisms of Renjian Buddhism Open Access Download PDF	21
Migrating Bodhisattvas and Fo Guang Shan Religious Mobility Open Access Download PDF	44
Chineseness Globalized Open Access Download PDF	63
Generating Global Pure Lands Open Access Download PDF	81
Purifying the Multitude Open Access Download PDF	98
Fo Guang Shan and Global China as a Spatial Order Open Access Download PDF	117
List of Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	133
List of Figures Open Access Download PDF	135
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	137
Index Open Access Download PDF	147

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January 18, 2021

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9783110690156

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January 18, 2021

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9783110689983

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13

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152

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10

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110690156

eBook ISBN: 9783110690156

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Buddhism; Ethnography; Fo Guang Shan; Transnational mobility

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