Seekers and Seers: Lay Buddhists and Buddhist Revival in Rural China = fu tou yu shen po: nong cun de ju shi fu jiao yu zhong guo dang dai fu jiao fu xing

This paper explores lay Buddhism in contemporary rural North China through investigating the practice and practitioners of "Buddha-chanting" (nianfo 念佛) in relation to local religion, monastic Buddhism, and spirit mediums. The nianfo groups are led by and consist of ordinary villagers, ove...

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Subtitles:fu tou yu shen po: nong cun de ju shi fu jiao yu zhong guo dang dai fu jiao fu xing
Main Author: Chao, Shin-yi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Year: 2022, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 222-248
Further subjects:B rural China
B women in lay Buddhism
B 女性居士
B 靈媒
B nianfo
B Lay Buddhism
B spirit mediums
B 中國農村
B 居士佛教
B 念佛
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