Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia

Introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. The editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers will encounter artists, psychologists, social workers, healers, and librarians as well as charlatans, hucksters, profiteers, and rabble-rousers.

Info autore

Jeffrey Samuels is professor of religious studies at Western Kentucky University.

Justin Thomas McDaniel is professor of Buddhist studies and chair of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mark Michael Rowe is associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University.

John K. Nelson is professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at theUniversity of San Francisco.

Riassunto

Introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. The editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers will encounter artists, psychologists, social workers, healers, and librarians as well as charlatans, hucksters, profiteers, and rabble-rousers.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jeffrey (EDT)/ Mcdaniel Samuels
• Con la collaborazione di: Justin Thomas Mcdaniel (Editore), Mark Michael Rowe (Editore), Jeffrey Samuels (Editore)
• Editore: University of hawaii press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780824858551
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-5855-1
• Pagine: 280
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi > Epistole, diari; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Religione / teologia > Altre religioni