ISBN:
0520252284
,
9780520252271
,
9780520252288
Language:
English
Pages:
XXVI, 191 S
,
Ill
,
23cm
Additional Information:
Rezension Pittman, Don Alvin, 1948 - Buddhism, politics, modernization, and globalization in contemporary Taiwan 2013
Additional Information:
Rezensiert in Lowe, Scott Review: Democracy's Dharma: Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan, by Richard Madsen 2009
Series Statement:
A Philip E. Lilienthal book
DDC:
294.33720951249
Keywords:
Buddhism and politics
;
Buddhism History 20th century
;
Buddhism and politics Taiwan
;
Buddhism Taiwan
;
History
;
20th century
;
Taiwan
;
Buddhismus
;
Politik
;
Religion
Description / Table of Contents:
The Taiwanese religious context -- Tzu-chi: the modernization of Buddhist compassion -- Buddha's Light Mountain: Buddhist contribution to democratic civil religion -- Dharma Drum Mountain: transcendent meaning in a broken world -- The Enacting Heaven Temple: hybrid modernity
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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