Buddhism in the modern world
Subtitle: adaptations of an ancient tradition
By: edited by Steven Heine and Charles S. Prebish
Contributors: Heine, Steven, 1950-; Prebish, Charles S
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Buddhism -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Aniconism versus iconism in Thai buddhism / Donald K. Swearer; title: The modernization of Sinhalese buddhism as reflected in the Dambulla cave temples / Nathan Katz; title: Varying the Vinaya: creative responses to modernity / Charles S. Prebish; title: Master Hongyi looks back : a modern man becomes a monk in twentieth-century China / Raoul Birnbaum; title: Transition in the practice and defense of Chinese Pure Land buddhism / Charles B. Jones; title: Won buddhism : the historical context of Sot'aesan's reformation of buddhism for the modern world / Bongkil Chung; title: Abbreviation or aberration? the role of the Shushôgi in sțô Zen / Steven Heine; title: By imperial edict and shogunal decree : politics and the issue of the ordination platform in modern lay Nichiren buddhism / Jacqueline I. Stone; title: The making of the western Lama / Dan Cozort; title: Liberate the Mahabodhi temple!: socially engaged buddhism, Dalit-style / Tara N. Doyle