Flows of Innovation in Fo Guang Shan Oceania: Transregional dynamics behind the Buddha’s Birthday Festival

Fo Guang Shan (FGS), a transnational Buddhist movement in the Chinese Mahāyāna tradition, has grown rapidly in the last fifty years to become a global network of close to 180 branch temples. For almost thirty years, FGS Oceania has invested heavily in the Buddha’s Birthday Festival annually in the f...

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Authors: Shi, Juewei (Author) ; Tan, Sioh Yang (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2022
In: Journal of global buddhism
Year: 2022, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 185-202
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Australia / New Zealand / Fo Guang Shan / Innovation / Religious festival / Spread of
IxTheo Classification:AF Geography of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
BL Buddhism
KBS Australia; Oceania
RB Church office; congregation
RC Liturgy
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B New Zealand
B Taiwan
B Australia
B Mahayana Buddhism
B Fo Guang Shan
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