1st Edition

Buddhist Revitalization and Chinese Religions in Malaysia

By Lee Ooi Tan Copyright 2020
206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

206 Pages
by Routledge

Buddhist Revitalization and Chinese Religions in Malaysia tells the story of how a minority community comes to grips with the challenges of modernity, history, globalization, and cultural assertion in an ever-changing Malaysia. It captures the religious connection, transformation, and tension within a complex traditional belief system in a multi-religious society. In particular, the book... Read more
List of Tables, Abbreviations, List of Chinese Characters, Orthography, 1. Introduction, 2. A Brief History of Buddhist Transnational Connections, 3. Reforming Chinese Buddhism through the Zheng Xin (Right Faith) Movement, 4. New Transnational Connections with Taiwan, 5. Remaking Chinese Buddhists, 6. Counterforces to Buddhist Revitalization, 7. Conclusion, Appendices, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Tan Lee Ooi is Head of the Department of Mass Communication at UOW Malaysia KDU Penang University College in Malaysia. He completed his PhD at the National University of Singapore. He published a book with the National University Press of Malaysia on the dynamics of cyberspace during the Reformasi Movement, in the Malay language.