Buddhist Responses to Christianity in Postwar Taiwan
Titel
Buddhist Responses to Christianity in Postwar Taiwan
Subtitel
Awakening the World
Prijs
€ 129,00
ISBN
9789463724111
Uitvoering
Hardback
Aantal pagina's
250
Publicatiedatum
Afmetingen
15.6 x 23.4 cm
Discipline
Aziëstudies
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"Pacey’s study fulfills his commitment to shed light on areas such as the scope of Buddhist-Christian engagement in postwar Taiwan, its political relevance and impact on Buddhist identity formation, and the ways in which Buddhism adapted itself to the peculiar kind of modernity endorsed by the Guómínd.ng. [...] Both well researched and nicely edited, this book is warmly recommended to scholars and students of East Asian religions and modern Buddhism."
- Ugo Dessì, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 48, No. 2, June 202

Scott Pacey

Buddhist Responses to Christianity in Postwar Taiwan

Awakening the World

After the Communist victory in China's civil war, Taiwan, then governed by the KMT (or Nationalist Party), became a focal point for both Buddhist and Christian activity in the Chinese world. Focusing on some of the most influential monastics of the time, this study considers Buddhist responses to Christianity during its subsequent period of growth on the island. Drawing on Buddhist and Christian publications, it shows that interfaith competition, and political context, are important in shaping religious identity and driving the religious engagement with modernity. Buddhist Responses to Christianity in Postwar Taiwan: Awakening the World will be of interest to historians of Buddhism, Chinese religion and Taiwanese society, and to those with an interest in interfaith dialogue more generally.
Auteur

Scott Pacey

Dr Scott Pacey is an Assistant Professor in the School of Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Nottingham.

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