In an attempt to reconstruct an elusive aspect of the medieval Chinese imagination, The Eminent Monk examines biographie
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Saints were powerful role models in the early Middle Ages, capable of defining communities. But what roles did saintly b
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A pressing need in the recent study of Chinese religion is to connect Buddhist and Taoist doctrine with the actual activ
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In 1969, Paul Breiter was among the throngs of disaffected youth who traveled to the exotic East, seeking to escape the
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Trans and Genderqueer Subjects in Medieval Hagiography presents an interdisciplinary examination of trans and genderquee
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Donors of Longmen is the first work in a Western language to re-create the history of the Longmen Grottoes, one of China
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This interdisciplinary study examines the reception of Āyurvedic knowledge and other Indian medical teachings in medieva
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Hagiographies or idealized biographies which recount the lives of saints, bodhisattvas and other charismatic figures hav
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