Cultural Intersections in Later Chinese Buddhism

In a demonstration of the value of interdisciplinary, culture-based approaches, this collection of essays on "later" Chinese Buddhism takes us beyond the bedrock subjects of traditional Buddhist historiography--scriptures and commentaries, sectarian developments, lives of notable monks--to...

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Contributors: Weidner, Marsha 1945- (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press 2001
In:Year: 2001
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China / Buddhism / Arts
Further subjects:B Collection of essays
B Buddhism and art (China)
B Buddhism and art
B Buddhism / RELIGION / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist)
B Conference program
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Summary:In a demonstration of the value of interdisciplinary, culture-based approaches, this collection of essays on "later" Chinese Buddhism takes us beyond the bedrock subjects of traditional Buddhist historiography--scriptures and commentaries, sectarian developments, lives of notable monks--to examine a wide range of extracanonical materials that illuminate cultural manifestations of Buddhism from the Song dynasty (960-1279) through the modern period. Straying from well-trodden paths, the authors often transgress the boundaries of their own disciplines: historians address architecture; art historians look to politics; a specialist in literature treats poetry that offers gendered insights into Buddhist lives. The broad-based cultural orientation of this volume is predicated on the recognition that art and religion are not closed systems requiring only minimal cross-indexing with other social or aesthetic phenomena but constituent elements in interlocking networks of practice and belief. Contributors: Terese Tse Bartholomew, Patricia Berger, T. Griffith Foulk, Beata Grant, Kenneth Hammond, Amy McNair, Daniel B. Stevenson, Marsha Weidner.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:0824862090
Access:Restricted Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.21313/9780824862091