Buddhist Modernities

Re-inventing Tradition in the Globalizing Modern World

AvHanna Havnevik,Ute Hüsken

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

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Beskrivning

The transformations Buddhism has been undergoing in the modern age have inspired much research over the last decade. The main focus of attention has been the phenomenon known as Buddhist modernism, which is defined as a conscious attempt to adjust Buddhist teachings and practices in conformity with the modern norms of rationality, science, or gender equality. This book advances research on Buddhist modernism by attempting to clarify the highly diverse ways in which Buddhist faith, thought, and practice have developed in the modern age, both in Buddhist heartlands in Asia and in the West. It presents a collection of case studies that, taken together, demonstrate how Buddhist traditions interact with modern phenomena such as colonialism and militarism, the market economy, global interconnectedness, the institutionalization of gender equality, and recent historical events such as de-industrialization and the socio-cultural crisis in post-Soviet Buddhist areas. This volume shows how the (re)invention of traditions constitutes an important pathway in the development of Buddhist modernities and emphasizes the pluralistic diversity of these forms in different settings.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2017-03-03
Mått:152 x 229 x 25 mm
Vikt:566 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Studies in Religion
Antal sidor:316
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781138687844

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Hanna Havnevik is Professor of the History of Religion at the University of Oslo, NorwayUte Hüsken is Professor of South Asia Studies at the University of Oslo, NorwayMark Teeuwen is Professor of East Asia Studies at the University of Oslo, NorwayVladimir Tikhonov is Professor of Korean and East Asian Studies at the University of Oslo, NorwayKoen Wellens is Associate Professor at the University of Oslo, Norway

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"The strength of the book lies in how the authors consistently emphasize the tangled global history of their subjects, detailing how Buddhism’s interaction with modernity and modernism is part of a multifaceted dialogue between actors from a variety of cultural backgrounds."-Per Faxneld, Södertörn University, Stockholm, Religious Studies Review

Innehållsförteckning

1 Buddhist Modernities: Modernism and its LimitsMark TeeuwenPart 1: Early Meetings with Modernity2 The Scope and Limits of Secular Buddhism: Watanabe Kaikyoku (1868-1912) and the Japanese New Buddhist "Discovery of Society"James Mark Shields3 Buddhism and the Capitalist Transformation of Modern Japan: Sada Kaiseki (1818-1882), Uchiyama Gudō (1874-1911), and Itō Shōshin (1876-1963)Fabio Rambelli4 Parsing Buddhist Modernity in Republican China: Ten Contrasting TermsJustin R. Ritzinger5 Seeking the Colonizer’s Favours for a Buddhist Vision: the Korean Buddhist Nationalist Paek Yongsŏng’s (1864-1940) Imje Sŏn MovementHwansoo KimPart 2: Revivals and Neo-Traditionalist Inventions6 Buddhism in Contemporary Kalmykia: "Pure" Monasticism versus Challenges of Post-Soviet ModernityValeriya Gazizova7 Buddhist Modernity and New-Age Spirituality in Contemporary MongoliaHanna Havnevik8 Yumaism: A new Syncretic Religion among the Himalayan LimbusLinda GustavssonPart 3: Contemporary Sangha-State Relations9 Failed Secularisation, New Nationalism and Governmentality: The Rise of Buddhism in Post-Mao ChinaKoen Wellens10 Militarized Masculinity with Buddhist Characteristics: Buddhist Chaplains and their Role in the South Korean ArmyVladimir Tikhonov11 Re-Enchantment Restricted: Popular Buddhism and Politics in Vietnam TodayAike P. Rots12 "Buddhism Has Made Asia Mild…" – The Modernist Construction of Buddhism as Pacifism Iselin FrydenlundPart 4: Institutional Modernity13 Family, Gender and Modernity in Japanese Shin BuddhismJessica Starling14 Theravāda Nuns in the USA: Modernization and TraditionUte Hüsken15 Some Reflections on Thich Nhat Hanh’s Monastic Code for the 21st CenturyJens W. Borgland16 Modernizing American Zen through Scandal: Is "The Way" Really the Way?Stuart Lachs