Communities of Practice and the Buddhist Education Reforms of Early-Twentieth-Century China

Over the course of only a few decades during the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries, part of mainstream Buddhist education underwent a striking shift in China. From being a secluded practice within monastery walls taught by monastics for monastics with a strict focus on Buddhist scripture,...

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Main Author: Boros, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2024
In: Approaching religion
Year: 2024, Volume: 14, Issue: 2, Pages: 152-169
Further subjects:B Etienne Wenger
B Cheng Yen
B Buddhist modernization
B Taixu
B Hsing Yun
B Buddhist Education
B Yang Wenhui
B Humanistic Buddhism
B social theory of learning
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