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- NEW BOOK> Buddhism after Mao: Negotiations, Continuities, and Reinventions
- RESOURCE> DDB/CJKV-E update report, November 2019
NEW BOOK> Buddhism after Mao: Negotiations, Continuities, and Reinventions
by Campo Daniela
Dear all,
It is my great pleasure to announce the
publication of
Buddhism after Mao: Negotiations, Continuities, and
Reinventions, co-edited by JI Zhe, Gareth FISHER and André LALIBERTÉ. Honolulu: University of
Hawai‘i Press, 2019, 364p.
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With well over 100 million
adherents, Buddhism emerged from near-annihilation during the Cultural
Revolution to become the largest religion in China today. Despite this,
Buddhism’s rise has received relatively little scholarly attention. The present
volume, with contributions by leading scholars in sociology, anthropology,
political science, and religious studies, explores the evolution of Chinese
Buddhism in the post-Mao period with a depth not seen before in a single study.
Chapters critically analyze the effects of state policies on the evolution of
Buddhist institutions; the challenge of rebuilding temples under the watchful
eye of the state; efforts to rebuild monastic lineages and schools left broken
in the aftermath of Mao’s rule; and the development of new lay Buddhist spaces,
both at temple sites and online.
Through its multidisciplinary
perspectives, the book provides both an extensive overview of the social and
political conditions under which Buddhism has grown as well as discussions of
the individual projects of both monastic and lay entrepreneurs who dynamically
and creatively carve out spaces for Buddhist growth in contemporary Chinese
society. As a wide-ranging study that illuminates many facets of China’s
Buddhist revival, Buddhism after Mao will be required reading for scholars of Chinese
Buddhism and of Buddhism and modernity more broadly. Its detailed case studies
examining the intersections among religion, state, and contemporary Chinese
society will be welcomed by sociologists and anthropologists of China,
political scientists focusing on the role of religion in state formation in
Asian societies, and all those interested in the relationship between religion
and social change.
RESOURCE> DDB/CJKV-E update report, November 2019
by A. Charles Muller
Dear
Colleagues,
I've
uploaded the list of new DDB and CJKV-E entries for November 2019. We have 80
new entries for the DDB (Total: 73,448) and 141 for the CJKV-E (Total: 61,273)
This month's report file is at: http://www.buddhism-dict.net/ddb/monthlies/ddbcjkveMonthly2019-11.html
Regards,
Chuck