Buddhism after Mao: Negotiations, Continuities, and Reinventions 9780824880248
With well over a 100 million adherents, Buddhism emerged from near-annihilation during the Cultural Revolution to become
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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Introduction: Exploring Buddhism in Post-Mao China
Part I. Negotiating Legitimacy: Making Buddhism with the State
1. Buddhism under Jiang, Hu, and Xi: The Politics of Incorporation
2. Administering Bodhisattva Guanyin’s Island: The Monasteries, Political Entities, and Power Holders of Putuoshan
3. Spiritual Technologies and the Politics of Buddhist Charity
4. Tourist Temples and Places of Practice: Charting Multiple Paths in the Revival of Monasteries
Part II. Revival and Continuity: The Monastic Tradition and Beyond
5. Bridging the Gap: Chan and Tiantai Dharma Lineages from Republican to Post-Mao China
6. “Transmitting the Precepts in Conformity with the Dharma”: Restoration, Adaptation, and Standardization of Ordination Procedures
7. Schooling Dharma Teachers: The Buddhist Academy System and Sangha Education
8. A Study of Laynuns in Minnan, 1920s–2010s: Buddhism, State Institutions, and Popular Culture
Part III. Reinventing the Dharma: Buddhism in a Changing Society
9. Urban Restructuring and Temple Agency—a Case Study of the Jing’an Temple
10. Places of Their Own: Exploring the Dynamics of Religious Diversity in Public Buddhist Temple Space
11. Cyberactivities and “Civilized” Worship: Assessing Contexts and Modalities of Online Ritual Practices
References
About the Contributors
Index
