Huayan University Network - The Teaching Practice of Avatamsaka Buddhism in Twentieth Century

Summary

Erik J. Hammerstrom recasts the history of twentieth-century Chinese Buddhism by examining how Huayan Buddhism was imagined, taught, and practiced during a period of profound political and social change. He traces the influence of Huayan University, the first Buddhist monastic school founded after the fall of the imperial system in China.

Product details

• Authors: Erik J. Hammerstrom, Erik J. (Pacific Lutheran University) Hammerstrom, Hammerstrom Erik J.
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.09.2020
• EAN: 9780231194303
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19430-3
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; China, 20th Century, EDUCATION / History, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, RELIGION / Buddhism / History, HISTORY / Asia / China, Buddhism, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Religion, History of Education, Asian History, Buddhism: branches and groups, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General