Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. PART I. REPUBLICAN-ERA MODERNITY
6. 1. Buddhist Activism, Urban Space, and Ambivalent Modernity in 1920s Shanghai 37
7. 2. Buddhism and the Modern Epistemic Space: Buddhist Intellectuals in the Science and Philosophy of Life Debates 79
8. 3. A Revolution of Ink: Chinese Buddhist Periodicals in the Early Republic 111
9. PART II. MIDCENTURY WAR AND REVOLUTION
10. 4. Resurrecting Xuanzang: The Modern Travels of a Medieval Monk 143
11. 5. Buddhist Efforts for The Reconciliation of Buddhism and Marxism in The Early Years of The People’s Republic of China 177
12. 6. The Communist Dismantling of Temple and Monastic Buddhism in Suzhou 216
13. PART III. CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL PRACTICE
14. 7. Mapping Religious Difference: Lay Buddhist Textual Communities in the Post-Mao Period 257
15. 8. “Receiving Prayer Beads”: A Lay-Buddhist Ritual Performed by Menopausal Women in Ninghua, Western Fujian 291
16. Bibliography 333
17. Contributors 361
18. Index 363