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Buddhist Modernities: Re-inventing Tradition in the Globalizing Modern World

Buddhist Modernities: Re-inventing Tradition in the Globalizing Modern World

Havnevik, Hanna
Hüsken, Ute
Teeuwen, Mark

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in Religion

Religion General BuddhismGeneral Eastern Religions

ISBN10: 1138687847
ISBN13: 9781138687844
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Mar 3 2017
Pages: 316
Weight: 1.32
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.10
Language: English

The transformations Buddhism has been undergoing in the modern age have inspired much research over the last decade. The main focus of attention has been the phenomenon known as Buddhist modernism, which is defined as a conscious attempt to adjust Buddhist teachings and practices in conformity with the modern norms of rationality, science, or gender equality. This book advances research on Buddhist modernism by attempting to clarify the highly diverse ways in which Buddhist faith, thought, and practice have developed in the modern age, both in Buddhist heartlands in Asia and in the West. It presents a collection of case studies that, taken together, demonstrate how Buddhist traditions interact with modern phenomena such as colonialism and militarism, the market economy, global interconnectedness, the institutionalization of gender equality, and recent historical events such as de-industrialization and the socio-cultural crisis in post-Soviet Buddhist areas. This volume shows how the (re)invention of traditions constitutes an important pathway in the development of Buddhist modernities and emphasizes the pluralistic diversity of these forms in different settings.

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