Buckelew Discerning Buddhas

Authority, Agency, and Masculinity in Chan Buddhism
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-231-56026-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten

Reihe: The Sheng Yen Series in Chinese Buddhist Studies

Discerning Buddhas argues that Chan Buddhists wove together tropes of sovereignty, hospitality, and martial heroism drawn from both Buddhist tradition and China’s cultural heritage to develop a distinctive vision of what it meant for a Chan master to be a buddha in Song-period China.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Buckelew, Kevin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Zen-Buddhismus
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Signs of Authority and the “Marks of a Great Man”
2. Great Manhood and Martial Masculinity
3. Sovereign Authority and Violence
4. Sovereign Selfhood and Agency
5. Chan Hospitality
Conclusion: A Discerning Age
Conventions
Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin Buckelew is assistant professor of religious studies at Northwestern University. He is coeditor of Buddhist Masculinities (Columbia, 2023).