Building the Buddhist revival: reconstructing monasteries in modern China
Between 1850 and 1966, tens of thousands of Buddhist sacred sites in China were destroyed, victims of targeted destruction, accidental damage, or simply neglect. During the same period, however, many of these sites were reconstructed, a process that involved both rebuilding material structures and r...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2020
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| In: | Year: 2020 |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford scholarship online
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Church buildings ; Reconstruction ; China
B Buddhism ; Social aspects ; China B Buddhist monasteries ; China |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9780190930721 |
| Summary: | Between 1850 and 1966, tens of thousands of Buddhist sacred sites in China were destroyed, victims of targeted destruction, accidental damage, or simply neglect. During the same period, however, many of these sites were reconstructed, a process that involved both rebuilding material structures and reviving religious communities. Gregory Adam Scott argues that over the course of this period monastery reconstruction in China changed drastically. The power to determine whether and how a monastery would be reconstructed, and the types of activities that would be reinstated or newly introduced, began to shift from religious leaders and communities to state agencies that had a radically different set of motivations and values. Building the Buddhist Revival explores the history of Chinese Buddhist monastery reconstruction from the end of the Imperial period through the first seventeen years of the People's Republic. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2020. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 25, 2020) |
| ISBN: | 0190930756 |