RT Book
T1 Buddhist Revitalization and Chinese Religions in Malaysia
T2 Religion and Society in Asia
A1 Tan, Lee
LA English
PP Amsterdam
PB Amsterdam University Press
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1753539064
AB Frontmatter -- Religion and Society in Asia -- Table of Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Chinese Characters -- Orthography -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A Brief History of Buddhist Transnational Connections Abstract -- 3 Reforming Chinese Buddhism through the Zheng Xin (Right Faith) Movement -- 4 New Transnational Connections with Taiwan -- 5 Remaking Chinese Buddhists -- 6 Counterforces of Buddhist Revitalization -- 7 Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index
AB This book tells the story of how a minority community comes to grip with the puzzling drama 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 revolves around a discussion on the religious revitalization of Chinese Buddhism in modern Malaysia. This Buddhist revitalization movement is intertwined with various forces, such as colonialism, religious transnationalism, and global capitalism. Reformist Buddhists have helped to remake Malaysia's urban-dwelling Chinese community and have provided an exit option in the Malay and Muslim majority nation state. As Malaysia modernizes, there are growing concerns by certain segments of the country's ethnic Chinese Buddhist population to separate Buddhism from popular Chinese religions. Nevertheless, these reformist groups face counterforces from traditional Chinese religionists within the context of the cultural complexity of the Chinese belief system
OP 206
CN BQ542
SN 978-90-485-5183-5
K1 Buddhism : Malaysia
K1 Chinese : Malaysia : History
K1 Contemporary Society
K1 Religion and Theology
K1 South East Asia
K1 Asian Studies
K1 RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist)
K1 South
K1 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies
K1 AUP Wetenschappelijk
K1 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies
K1 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion
K1 Buddhist modernism
K1 Chinese religions
K1 Malaysian studies
K1 Taiwan
K1 religious transnationalism
DO 10.1515/9789048551835