Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet - Religious Revival and Cultural Identity

A look at religious revival in Chinese-ruled Tibet following the Cultural Revolution in China. These essays reveal the vibrancy of the ancient Buddhist religion in contemporary Tibet and also the problems that religion and Tibetan culture in general are facing in a radically altered world. 37 photos.

About the author

Melvyn C. Goldstein is John Reynolds Harkness Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Research on Tibet at Case Western University. Matthew T. Kapstein is Visiting Associate Professor in the Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, and Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies in the Divinity School of the University of Chicago. His publications include a translation of Dudjom Rinpoche's The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism (1991) and the catalogue and ten-volume edition of The 'Dzam-thang Edition of the Collected Works of Kun-mkhyen Dol-po-pa Shes-rab-rgyal-mtshan (1992/3).

Summary

Demonstrating how the Buddhist revival in Tibet must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations for greater Tibetan autonomy, the authors discuss ways that Tibetan Buddhists are restructuring their religion through a process of social, political and economic adaptation.

Product details

• Authors: et al, Melvyn Goldstein, Melvyn C. Goldstein, Matthew Kapstein
• Assisted by: Melvyn C. Goldstein (Editor), Goldstein Melvyn C. (Editor), Matthew T. Kapstein (Editor), Orville Schnell (Foreword)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.07.1998
• EAN: 9780520211315
• ISBN: 978-0-520-21131-5
• No. of pages: 235
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 228 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Tibet, Cultural Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan, International Relations, Tibetan Buddhism