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Buddhism in Asia - Revival and Reinvention (Paperback)
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Buddhism in Asia - Revival and Reinvention (Paperback)
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The birth of Buddhism goes back to the sixth century BCE and, over
the centuries, there has been considerable variety as well as
considerable change in its doctrines, practices and propagation
across the different parts of Asia. This volume showcases the
expansion in the religion's contours and popularity in Asia in
modern times. Focusing on India, Sri Lanka and China, the essays in
the book highlight the cross-fertilization between Buddhism and
contemporary discourses which makes the phenomenon of Buddhist
revival in Asia unambiguously modern. They also show how this
resurgence assumed a great variety of forms depending on the
specificities of the historical and cultural context, including
Buddhism's encounter with other religious traditions. Continuities
with the past are not absent, and revivalist movements have been
characterized and propelled by a strong sense of history and yet
this, in effect, involved crafting new interpretations of a distant
past, and the introduction of new ideas and practices. The term
reinvention seems to capture this aspect of dynamic change better
than revival. At the same time, as this volume reveals, the choice
of terms is not as important as tracing the trajectories of the
phenomenon and the awareness that its impact extended far beyond
the religious domain into many spheres, including those of cultural
practice, national identity and international relations. This is a
historically rich and readable volume which will interest general
readers as well as students and scholars of history and of
Buddhism.
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