Passing the Light - The Incense Light Community and Buddhist Nuns in Contemporary Taiwan

Informationen zum Autor Chün-fang Yü is Sheng Yen Professor Emerita of Chinese Buddhism at Columbia University. She is the author of numerous books and articles, including The Renewal of Buddhism in China: Chu-hung and the Late Ming Synthesis, Kuan-yin: The Chinese Transformation of Avalokitesvara, and Passing the Light: The Incense Light Community and Buddhist Nuns in Contemporary Taiwan. Klappentext This is a study of the Incense Light order, a single sex Buddhist community in contemporary Taiwan. The work is based on the authors participant observation of the nuns as well as on documentary materials gathered about the group.

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• Authors: Cheun-Fang Yeu, Chun-Fang Yu, Chün-Fang Yü
• Assisted by: George Tanabe (Editor), George J. Tanabe (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2013
• EAN: 9780824836580
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-3658-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Topics in Contemporary Buddhis; Topics in Contemporary Buddhis
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions