Buddhist Revitalization and Chinese Religions in Malaysia

Informationen zum Autor Tan Lee Ooi is Head of the Department of Mass Communication at UOW Malaysia KDU Penang University College in Malaysia. He completed his PhD at the National University of Singapore. He published a book with the National University Press of Malaysia on the dynamics of cyberspace during the Reformasi Movement, in the Malay language. Klappentext This book tells the story of how a minority community comes to grips with the challenges of modernity, history, globalization, and cultural assertion in an ever-changing Malaysia. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables, Abbreviations, List of Chinese Characters, Orthography, 1. Introduction, 2. A Brief History of Buddhist Transnational Connections, 3. Reforming Chinese Buddhism through the Zheng Xin (Right Faith) Movement, 4. New Transnational Connections with Taiwan, 5. Remaking Chinese Buddhists, 6. Counterforces to Buddhist Revitalization, 7. Conclusion, Appendices, Bibliography, Index

Product details

• Authors: Lee Ooi Tan, Lee Tan, Lee Ooi Tan
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.08.2020
• EAN: 9789463726436
• ISBN: 978-94-63-72643-6
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Amsterdam University Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories