Buddhism in the modern world : adaptations of an ancient tradition / edited by Steven Heine and Charles S. Prebish.

Contributor Heine, Steven, 1950-

Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

Descriptionx, 287 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note:Aniconism versus iconism in Thai Buddhism / Donald K. Swearer. - The modernization of Sinhalese Buddhism as reflected in the Dambulla cave temples / Nathan Katz. - Varying the vinaya : creative responses to modernity / Charles S. Prebish. - Master Hongyi looks back : a modern man becomes a monk in twentieth-century China / Raoul Birnbaum. - Transitions in the practice and defense of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism / Charles B. Jones. - Won Buddhism : the historical context of Sot'aesan's reformation of Buddhism for the modern world / Bongkil Chung. - Abbreviation or aberration : the role of the Shushogi in modern Soto Zen Buddhism / Steven Heine. - "By imperial edict and shogunal decree" : politics and the issue of the ordination platform in modern lay Nichiren Buddhism / Jacqueline I. Stone. - The making of the western Lama / Dan Cozort. - "Liberate the Mahabodhi temple!" : socially engaged Buddhism, Dalit-style / Tara N. Doyle.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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