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Buddhism in the Modern World (Paperback)
[Buy it!] | Steven Heine | USD 107.69
(Tue May 21 10:31:15 2024) | Abebooks | Grand Eagle Retail | ISBN10: 0195146980, ISBN13: 9780195146981, [publisher: Oxford University Press, Oxford] Softcover Paperback. The history of Buddhism has been characterized by an ongoing tension between attempts to preserve traditional ideals and modes of practice and the need to adapt to changing cultural conditions. Many developments in Buddhist history, such as the infusion of esoteric rituals, the rise of devotionalism and lay movements, and the assimilation of warrior practices, reflect the impact of widespread social changes on traditional religious structures. At the same time,Buddhism has been able to maintain its doctrinal purity to a remarkable degree. This volume explores how the traditional Buddhist communities of Asia have responded to the challenges of modernity, such asscience and technology, colonialism, and globalization. Editors Steven Heine and Charles S. Prebish offer a pan-Asian approach, giving proportional treatment to the three regional legacies under which Buddhism is classified today: the traditions of East Asia (represented here by China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea), India and Southeast Asia (Sri Lanka and Thailand), and the Himalayas (Tibet). Nine essays, all commissioned expressly for this volume, consider how the encounter with modernity hasimpacted the disciplinary, textual, ritual, devotional, practical, and socio-political traditions of Buddhist thought throughout Asia. The result is the most comprehensive available overview of AsianBuddhism today. This volume explores how the traditional Buddhist communities of Asia have responded to the challenges of modernity. Nine essays consider how the encounter with modernity has impacted the disciplinary, textual, ritual, devotional, practical, and socio-political traditions of Buddhist though throughout Asia. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
[Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2003]
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Pharaoh's Workers: The Villagers of Deir el Medina
[Buy it!] | Leonard H. Lesko | USD 46.67
(Tue May 21 10:31:02 2024) | AbebooksUK | THE SAINT BOOKSTORE | ISBN10: 0801481430, ISBN13: 9780801481437, [publisher: Cornell University Press] Softcover New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Pharaoh's Workers focuses on the archaeological site at Deir el Medina on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor. The workers who prepared the royal tombs and lived there in what has been called "the earliest known artists' colony" left a rich store of.
[Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1994] |
