Buddhism in the modern world : adaptations of an ancient tradition / edited by Steven Heine and Charles S. Prebish.
2003
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Buddhism in the modern world : adaptations of an ancient tradition / edited by Steven Heine and Charles S. Prebish.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
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x, 287 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Aniconism versus iconism in Thai Buddhism / Donald K. Swearer
The modernization of Sinhalese Buddhism as reflected in the Dambulla cave temples / Nathan Katz
Varying the vinaya : creative responses to modernity / Charles S. Prebish
Master Hongyi looks back : a modern man becomes a monk in twentieth-century China / Raoul Birnbaum
Transitions in the practice and defense of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism / Charles B. Jones
Won Buddhism : the historical context of Sot'aesan's reformation of Buddhism for the modern world / Bongkil Chung
Abbreviation or aberration : the role of the Shushōgi in modern Sōtō Zen Buddhism / Steven Heine
"By imperial edict and shogunal decree" : politics and the issue of the ordination platform in modern lay Nichiren Buddhism / Jacqueline I. Stone
The making of the western Lama / Dan Cozort
"Liberate the Mahabodhi temple!" : socially engaged Buddhism, Dalit-style / Tara N. Doyle.
The modernization of Sinhalese Buddhism as reflected in the Dambulla cave temples / Nathan Katz
Varying the vinaya : creative responses to modernity / Charles S. Prebish
Master Hongyi looks back : a modern man becomes a monk in twentieth-century China / Raoul Birnbaum
Transitions in the practice and defense of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism / Charles B. Jones
Won Buddhism : the historical context of Sot'aesan's reformation of Buddhism for the modern world / Bongkil Chung
Abbreviation or aberration : the role of the Shushōgi in modern Sōtō Zen Buddhism / Steven Heine
"By imperial edict and shogunal decree" : politics and the issue of the ordination platform in modern lay Nichiren Buddhism / Jacqueline I. Stone
The making of the western Lama / Dan Cozort
"Liberate the Mahabodhi temple!" : socially engaged Buddhism, Dalit-style / Tara N. Doyle.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2006. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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0195146972 hardcover alkaline paper
0195146980 paperback alkaline paper
0195146980 paperback alkaline paper
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