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Buddhist Modernities: Re-inventing Tradition in the Globalizing Modern World book cover

1st Edition

Buddhist Modernities Re-inventing Tradition in the Globalizing Modern World

Edited By Hanna Havnevik, Ute Hüsken, Mark Teeuwen, Vladimir Tikhonov, Koen Wellens Copyright 2017
316 Pages
by Routledge

316 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

316 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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... Read more

1 Buddhist Modernities: Modernism and its Limits



Mark Teeuwen





　



Part 1: Early Meetings with Modernity



2 The Scope and Limits of Secular Buddhism: Watanabe Kaikyoku (1868-1912) and the Japanese New Buddhist "Discovery of Society"



James Mark Shields



3 Buddhism and the Capitalist Transformation of Modern Japan: Sada Kaiseki (1818-1882), Uchiyama Gudō (1874-1911), and Itō Shōshin (1876-1963)



Fabio Rambelli





4 Parsing Buddhist Modernity in Republican China: Ten Contrasting Terms



Justin R. Ritzinger



5 Seeking the Colonizer’s Favours for a Buddhist Vision: the Korean Buddhist Nationalist Paek Yongsŏng’s (1864-1940) Imje Sŏn Movement



Hwansoo Kim





　



Part 2: Revivals and Neo-Traditionalist Inventions



6 Buddhism in Contemporary Kalmykia: "Pure" Monasticism versus Challenges of Post-Soviet Modernity



Valeriya Gazizova





7 Buddhist Modernity and New-Age Spirituality in Contemporary Mongolia



Hanna Havnevik





8 Yumaism: A new Syncretic Religion among the Himalayan Limbus



Linda Gustavsson





　



Part 3: Contemporary Sangha-State Relations



9 Failed Secularisation, New Nationalism and Governmentality: The Rise of Buddhism in Post-Mao China



Koen Wellens



10 Militarized Masculinity with Buddhist Characteristics: Buddhist Chaplains and their Role in the South Korean Army



Vladimir Tikhonov





11 Re-Enchantment Restricted: Popular Buddhism and Politics in Vietnam Today



Aike P. Rots



12 "Buddhism Has Made Asia Mild…" – The Modernist Construction of Buddhism as Pacifism



Iselin Frydenlund





　



Part 4: Institutional Modernity





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Biography

Hanna Havnevik is Professor of the History of Religion at the University of Oslo, Norway





Ute Hüsken is Professor of South Asia Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway





Mark Teeuwen is Professor of East Asia Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway





Vladimir Tikhonov is Professor of Korean and East Asian Studies at the University of Oslo, Norway





Koen Wellens is Associate Professor at the University of Oslo, Norway

"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
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