Praying for Power: Buddhism and the Formation of Gentry Society in Late-Ming China

Neuausgabe 1994
ISBN: 978-0-674-69775-1
Verlag: HARVARD UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, Band 38, 412 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Reihe: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series

In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century China, Buddhists and Confucians alike flooded local Buddhist monasteries with donations. As gentry numbers grew faster than the imperial bureaucracy, traditional Confucian careers were closed to many; but visible philanthropy could publicize elite status outside the state realm. Actively sought by fundraising abbots, such patronage affected institutional Buddhism.

After exploring the relation of Buddhism to Ming Neo-Confucianism, the growth of tourism to Buddhist sites, and the mechanisms and motives for charitable donations, Timothy Brook studies three widely separated and economically dissimilar counties. He draws on rich data in monastic gazetteers to examine the patterns and social consequences of patronage.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brook, Timothy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wirtschaftssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, Organisationssoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus

Über Autor(innen)

Brook, Timothy
Timothy Brook is Professor of History and Republic of China Chair at the University of British Columbia.