Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia (Paperback)

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers will encounter artists, psychologists, social workers, part-time priests, healers, and librarians as well as charlatans, hucksters, profiteers, and rabble-rousers—all whose lives reflect changes in modern Buddhism even as they themselves shape the course of these changes. The editors and contributors are fundamentally concerned with how individual Buddhists make meaning and display this understanding to others. Some practitioners profiled look to the past, lamenting the transformations Buddhism has undergone in recent times, while others embrace these. Some have adopted a “new asceticism,” while others are eager to explore different religious traditions as they think about their own ways of being Buddhist. Arranging the profiles according to these themes—looking backward, forward, inward, and outward—reveals the value of studying individual Buddhists and their idiosyncratic religious backgrounds and attitudes, thus highlighting the diversity of approaches to the practice and study of Buddhism in Asia today. Students and teachers will welcome sections on further readings and additional tables of contents that organize the profiles thematically, as well as by tradition (Theravada, Mahayana, Vajrayana), region, and country.

General

Imprint:	University of Hawaii Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2017
Editors:	Jeffrey Samuels • Justin Thomas Mcdaniel • Mark Michael Rowe
Contributors:	Ian G Baird • Corey L. Bell • Stephen C. Berkwitz • Anya Bernstein • Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia • Jane Caple • Jack Meng-Tat Chia
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-0-8248-5855-1
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	0-8248-5855-7
Barcode:	9780824858551

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