Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism

by Robert H. Sharf

Book Overview

The issue of sinification--the manner and extent to which Buddhism and Chinese culture were transformed through their mutual encounter and dialogue--has dominated the study of Chinese Buddhism for much of the past century. Robert Sharf opens this important and far-reaching book by raising a host of historical and hermeneutical problems with the encounter paradigm and the master narrative on which it is based. Coming to Terms with Chinese Buddhism...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824830288
• ISBN13: 9780824830281
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"