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2. Tzu Chi: The Modernization of Buddhist Compassion

© 2008 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2008 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of Illustrations vii
  4. Acknowledgments ix
  5. A Note on Romanization xi
  6. Preface xiii
  7. 1. The Taiwanese Religious Context 1
  8. 2. Tzu Chi: The Modernization of Buddhist Compassion 16
  9. 3. Buddha’s Light Mountain: The Buddhist Contribution to Democratic Civil Religion 51
  10. 4. Dharma Drum Mountain: Transcendent Meaning in a Broken World 85
  11. 5. The Enacting Heaven Temple: Hybrid Modernity 104
  12. Conclusions 131
  13. Notes 159
  14. Bibliography 175
  15. Glossary 181
  16. Index 183
Democracy's Dharma
This chapter is in the book Democracy's Dharma
https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520941038-006

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. List of Illustrations vii
  4. Acknowledgments ix
  5. A Note on Romanization xi
  6. Preface xiii
  7. 1. The Taiwanese Religious Context 1
  8. 2. Tzu Chi: The Modernization of Buddhist Compassion 16
  9. 3. Buddha’s Light Mountain: The Buddhist Contribution to Democratic Civil Religion 51
  10. 4. Dharma Drum Mountain: Transcendent Meaning in a Broken World 85
  11. 5. The Enacting Heaven Temple: Hybrid Modernity 104
  12. Conclusions 131
  13. Notes 159
  14. Bibliography 175
  15. Glossary 181
  16. Index 183
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