Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia / / ed. by Jeffrey Samuels, Justin Thomas McDaniel, Mark Michael Rowe.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
• TeilnehmendeR: (Ruiz), Roger Casas.; Baird, Ian G.; Bell, Corey L.; Berkwitz, Stephen C.; Bernstein, Anya.; Bhutia, Kalzang Dorjee.; Caple, Jane E.; Chia, Jack Meng-Tat.; Craig, Sienna.; Elison, William.; Emmrich, Christoph.; Evans, Grant.; Farrelly, Paul J.; Ferguson, Jane M.; Fisher, Gareth.; Friedrich, Daniel G.; Galmiche, Florence.; Gamburd, Michele R.; Gayley, Holly.; Gellner, David N.; Graf, Tim.; Guthrie, Elizabeth.; Harris, Elizabeth J.; Hewamanne, Sandya.; High, Holly.; Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Amy.; Jacoby, Sarah H.; Jerryson, Michael.; Johnson, Irving Chan.; Kawanami, Hiroko.; Kent, Daniel W.; Kerekes, Susanne Ryuyin.; Kim, Hwansoo Ilmee.; Krawengit, Tongthida.; LeVine, Sarah.; Ledgerwood, Judy.; Lee, Jun-Youb (JY).; Leider, Jacques P.; Letizia, Chiara.; Makley, Charlene.; Marston, John.; McLaughlin, Levi.; McMahan, David L.; Miller, Leigh.; Nelson, John K.; Nichols, Brian J.; Pichler, Carina.; Pinthongvijayakul, Visisya.; Ritzinger, Justin R.; Scott, Gregory A.; Sheravanichkul, Arthid.; Sihlé, Nicolas.; Starling, Jessica.; Surendran, Gitanjali.; Tannenbaum, Nicola.; Terrone, Antonio.; Thompson, Ashley.; Travagnin, Stefania.; Walters, Jonathan S.
• MitwirkendeR: Baird, Ian G.,; Bell, Corey L.,; Berkwitz, Stephen C.,; Bernstein, Anya,; Bhutia, Kalzang Dorjee,; Caple, Jane,; Chia, Jack Meng-Tat,; Craig, Sienna R.,; Elison, William,; Emmrich, Christoph,; Evans, Grant,; Farrelly, Paul J.,; Ferguson, Jane M.,; Fisher, Gareth,; Friedrich, Daniel G.,; Galmiche, Florence,; Gamburd, Michele R.,; Gayley, Holly,; Gellner, David N.,; Graf, Tim,; Guthrie, Elizabeth,; Harris, Elizabeth,; Hewamanne, Sandya,; High, Holly,; Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Amy,; Jacoby, Sarah H.,; Jerryson, Michael,; Johnson, Irving Chan,; Kawanami, Hiroko,; Kent, Daniel W.,; Kerekes, Susanne Ryuyin,; Kim, Hwansoo Ilmee,; Krawengit, Tongthida,; Ledgerwood, Judy,; Lee, Jy,; Leider, Jacques P.,; Letizia, Chiara,; Levine, Sarah,; Makley, Charlene,; Marston, John,; McDaniel, Justin Thomas,; McLaughlin, Levi,; McMahan, David L.,; Miller, Leigh,; Nelson, John,; Nichols, Brian J.,; Pichler, Carina,; Pinthongvijayakul, Visisya,; Ritzinger, Justin R.,; Rowe, Mark Michael,; Ruiz, Roger Casas,; Samuels, Jeffrey,; Scott, Gregory A.,; Sheravanichkul, Arthid,; Sihlé, Nicolas,; Starling, Jessica,; Surendran, Gitanjali,; Tannenbaum, Nicola,; Terrone, Antonio,; Thompson, Ashley,; Travagnin, Stefania,; Walters, Jonathan S.,
• HerausgeberIn: McDaniel, Justin Thomas,; Rowe, Mark Michael,; Samuels, Jeffrey,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Contents by Buddhist Tradition
• Contents by Region and Country
• Introduction
• Looking Backward
• Yangon Airport Tower Communications Worker
• The "Insane" Monk
• The Choices of a Priest on the Edge of Toyota City
• A Witness to Genocide
• A Monk between Worlds
• A Buddhist Media Pioneer
• Embracing Belief and Critique in an Academic Life
• Knowing Buddha Organization
• Educate, Agitate, Organize
• Sinhala Buddhism and Alcohol Consumption
• The Builder of Temporary Temples and Golden Corpses
• A Rakhine Monk from Bangladesh
• Rebuilding Temples after War
• Scholar, Reformer, and Activist
• A Thai Mural Painter in Singapore
• Looking Forward: Social-Psychological Care in a Troubled World
• Stabilizing the Rhythms of Life after the Tsunami
• President of the Theravada Nuns' Order of Nepal
• The Rise of the "Clinical Religionist"
• Activist Temple Wife
• Modernizing Buddhist Proselytization in Hong Kong
• Modern Miracles of a Female Buddhist Master
• The Temple Is a Place of Solutions
• Maitreya's IT Guy
• A Female Monk and the Hmong
• The Globally Local Priest
• Raising the Powerful Girl Child
• Buddha Was Tharu
• A Modern Taiwanese Educator
• Inventor of a Buddhist Alphabet
• Trading in the Buddhist Life for Drugs
• Two Self-Sacrificing Bureaucrats
• A Facebook Buddhist
• A Daughter of Lamas, Yogis, and Shamans
• Taiwan's New Age Buddhist
• A Modernist Monk with Chinese Characteristics
• An Anticommunist Monk and Violence
• Looking Inward: New Asceticism in Modern Buddhism
• Art, Service, And A High-Rise Temple
• State Secularism and the Tibetan Non-monastic Tradition
• A Buddhist Spirit Medium
• An Act of Merit
• A Buddhist Lay Leader
• A Modern-Day Burmese Weikza
• Negotiating Religion and the State
• Mother and Son and Meditation
• Reconnecting with the Land (and the Gods)
• A Buddha in the Making
• The Singing Nun
• The Only Buddhist in the Village
• Stars for the Drowning
• Alien Behavior
• The Life and Times of a Shan Buddhist
• Looking Outward: Local Buddhists Becoming Global Citizens
• Teaching Buddhism as a Second Language
• The Empowerment of Buddhist Women
• A Buddhist Mickey Mouse
• A Twenty-first Century Custodian
• The Return of the Dutch
• The Blogger Monk in Southern China
• Carving Playful Buddhas
• Prolific Writer, Cool Blogger
• Collector of Magic, Esquire
• A Sovereign Body beyond the Nation-State
• Post-Monk Life in New Zealand
• The First Theravada Bhikkhuni in Vietnam
• Monk, Writer, Educator, and International Buddhist
• On Being a "Human Being"
• Thousand Hands, Thousand Eyes
• Further Reading
• Contributors
• Index