A History of Chinese Buddhist Faith and Life

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-43152-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 596 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1020 g

Reihe: Studies on East Asian Religions

The goal of this book is to study the ways in which Chinese Buddhists expressed their religious faiths and how Chinese Buddhists interacted with society at large since the Northern and Southern dynasties (386-589), through the Ming (1368-1644) and the Qing (1644-1911), up to the Republican era (1912-1949). The book aims to summarize and present the historical trajectory of the Sinification of Buddhism in a new light, revealing the symbiotic relationship between Buddhist faith and Chinese culture.

The book examines cases such as repentance, vegetarianism, charity, scriptural lecture, the act of releasing captive animals, the Bodhisattva faith, and mountain worship, from multiple perspectives such as textual evidence, historical circumstances, social life, as well as the intellectual background at the time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sheng, Kai

Weitere Mitwirkende

Chen, Jinhua

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Buddhismus: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte

Über Autor(innen)

Kai Sheng is a Professor in and currently the Vice Head of the Department of Philosophy, at Tsinghua University, as well as the Vice Director of the Institute for Ethics and Religious Studies (IERS) at that same university. His research areas include Buddhist schools of the South and North Dynasties in China, the relations between Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, the social history of Chinese Buddhism, Buddhism in the modern society, and Buddhism and western philosophy.