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Monks in Motion - Buddhism and Modernity Across the South China Sea (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,596
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Monks in Motion - Buddhism and Modernity Across the South China Sea (Hardcover): Jack Meng-Tat Chia

Monks in Motion - Buddhism and Modernity Across the South China Sea (Hardcover)

Jack Meng-Tat Chia

Series: AAR Academy Series

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Chinese Buddhists have never remained stationary. They have always been on the move. In Monks in Motion, Jack Meng-Tat Chia explores why Buddhist monks migrated from China to Southeast Asia, and how they participated in transregional Buddhist networks across the South China Sea. This book tells the story of three prominent monks Chuk Mor (1913-2002), Yen Pei (1917-1996), and Ashin Jinarakkhita (1923-2002) and examines the connected history of Buddhist communities in China and maritime Southeast Asia in the twentieth century. Monks in Motion is the first book to offer a history of what Chia terms "South China Sea Buddhism," referring to a Buddhism that emerged from a swirl of correspondence networks, forced exiles, voluntary visits, evangelizing missions, institution-building campaigns, and the organizational efforts of countless Chinese and Chinese diasporic Buddhist monks. Drawing on multilingual research conducted in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, Chia challenges the conventional categories of "Chinese Buddhism" and "Southeast Asian Buddhism" by focusing on the lesser-known-yet no less significant-Chinese Buddhist communities of maritime Southeast Asia. By crossing the artificial spatial frontier between China and Southeast Asia, Monks in Motion breaks new ground, bringing Southeast Asia into the study of Chinese Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism into the study of Southeast Asia.

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Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Series: AAR Academy Series
Release date: October 2020
Authors: Jack Meng-Tat Chia (Assistant Professor of History and Religious Studies)
Dimensions: 243 x 164 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-009097-5
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General
Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Religions of Indic & Oriental origin > Buddhism > General
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LSN: 0-19-009097-9
Barcode: 9780190090975

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