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Buddhism in the Global Eye focuses on the importance of a global
context and transnational connections for understanding Buddhist
modernizing movements. It also explores how Asian agency has been
central to the development of modern Buddhism, and provides
theoretical reflections that seek to overcome misleading East-West
binaries. Using case studies from China, Japan, Vietnam, India,
Tibet, Canada, and the USA, the book introduces new research that
reveals the permeable nature of certain categories, such as
"modern", "global", and "contemporary" Buddhism. In the book,
contributors recognize the multiple nodes of intra-Asian and global
influence. For example, monks travelled among Asian countries
creating networks of information and influence, mutually
stimulating each other's modernization movements. The studies
demonstrate that in modernization movements, Asian reformers
mobilized all available cultural resources both to adapt local
forms of Buddhism to a new global context and to shape new foreign
concepts to local Asian forms.
Buddhism in the Global Eye focuses on the importance of a global
context and transnational connections for understanding Buddhist
modernizing movements. It also explores how Asian agency has been
central to the development of modern Buddhism, and provides
theoretical reflections that seek to overcome misleading East-West
binaries. Using case studies from China, Japan, Vietnam, India,
Tibet, Canada, and the USA, the book introduces new research that
reveals the permeable nature of certain categories, such as
"modern", "global", and "contemporary" Buddhism. In the book,
contributors recognize the multiple nodes of intra-Asian and global
influence. For example, monks travelled among Asian countries
creating networks of information and influence, mutually
stimulating each other's modernization movements. The studies
demonstrate that in modernization movements, Asian reformers
mobilized all available cultural resources both to adapt local
forms of Buddhism to a new global context and to shape new foreign
concepts to local Asian forms.
The most comprehensive study of Buddhism in Canada to date, Wild
Geese offers a history of the religion's evolution in Canada,
surveys the diverse communities and beliefs of Canadian Buddhists,
and presents biographies of Buddhist leaders. The essays cover a
broad range of topics, including Chinese, Tibetan, Lao, Japanese,
Korean, and Vietnamese Buddhisms, critical reflections on Buddhism
in the West, census data on the growth of the religion, and
analysis of the global context for the growth of Buddhism in
Canada. Presenting a sweeping portrait of a crucial part of the
multicultural mosaic, Wild Geese is essential reading for anyone
interested in religious life in Canada.
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