The Heart-of-Mind Method: Legitimating a New Buddhist Movement in 1930s China
This article uses theory developed in the study of NRMs to analyze strategies of legitimation employed by the Chinese Buddhist Wang Xiangliu (1876–1937) as he sought to spread a new form of esoteric Buddhism in 1930s China. It discusses the specific historical and religious context in which Wang was...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Californiarnia Press
2013
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Nova religio
Year: 2013, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 5-23 |
Further subjects: | B
Legitimation
B Tantra B Buddhism B China B Chinese new religions |
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