Recovering Buddhism in Modern China

Modern Chinese history told from a Buddhist perspective restores the vibrant, creative role of religion in postimperial China. It shows how urban Buddhist elites jockeyed for cultural dominance in the early Republican era, how Buddhist intellectuals reckoned with science, and how Buddhist media contributed to modern print cultures. It recognizes the political importance of sacred Buddhist relics and the complex processes through which Buddhists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231172761
• ISBN13: 9780231172769
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher