On Urban Buddhism: a Humanistic, Secularizing, and Universal Buddhism
In this paper, I explore the religious project initiated by the renowned abbot Juexing 觉醒 and a group of scholars to create a typology of Urban Buddhism (dushi fojiao 都市佛教). This religious project is discussed here as a political attempt at reform extending over the last two decades. I first review...
| Published in: | Review of Religion and Chinese Society |
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| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Review of Religion and Chinese Society
Year: 2023, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 102-123 |
| Further subjects: | B
都市佛教
B Urban Buddhism B Modernity B 普世佛教 B 现代性 B 人间佛教 B Humanistic Buddhism B universalized Buddhism |
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| Summary: | In this paper, I explore the religious project initiated by the renowned abbot Juexing 觉醒 and a group of scholars to create a typology of Urban Buddhism (dushi fojiao 都市佛教). This religious project is discussed here as a political attempt at reform extending over the last two decades. I first review the recent discourse on Urban Buddhism, drawing on monastic and elite narratives from the turn of the century. Second, I compare Juexing’s work with the studies of other scholars who have contributed to the development of the concept of Urban Buddhism. Although some of these scholars did not use the actual term “Urban Buddhism,” their research is still relevant to the field. After reviewing Juexing’s political project, I conclude that the term “Humanistic Buddhism” (renjian fojiao 人间佛教) has been transformed into “Urban Buddhism” to renew its meaning. Embracing Urban Buddhism means adapting to modernity and signifies a move toward a more universal form of Buddhism for Buddhist leaders in Shanghai. 摘要：本文将探讨觉醒及一群学者的宗教政治工程及对都市佛教类型学的创造。该工程被认为是过去二十年佛教改革的政治尝试。我将首先借鉴世纪之交的寺院和经营叙事，回顾最近关于都市佛教的论述。运动的目标是用这项新的努力取代人间佛教的实践。其次，我会将觉醒的研究与其他对都市佛教概念的发展做出贡献的学者的研究进行比较。尽管其中一些学者不使用“都市佛教”一词，但他们的著作仍然与该领域相关。梳理觉醒的宗教政治工程，我发现“人间佛教”一词已经转变为“都市佛教”，以重新定义人间佛教的意义。对上海的佛教领袖来说，拥抱都市佛教意味着适应现代性，也意味着走向更普世的佛教形式。 |
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| ISSN: | 2214-3955 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of Religion and Chinese Society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22143955-12340017 |