Buddhism and Modernity : : Sources from Nineteenth-Century Japan / / ed. by Orion Klautau, Hans Martin Krämer.

Japan was the first Asian nation to face the full impact of modernity. Like the rest of Japanese society, Buddhist institutions, individuals, and thought were drawn into the dynamics of confronting the modern age. Japanese Buddhism had to face multiple challenges, but it also contributed to modern J...

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Place / Publishing House:Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (304 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Buddhism and Modernity in Japan An Introduction
  • Part I Sectarian Reform
  • Chapter 1 Questions and Answers from Beneath a Snowy Window (1876)
  • Chapter 2 On Religious Revolution (1889)
  • Chapter 3 “Fraternity of Puritan Buddhists: Our Manifesto” (1900)
  • Capter 4 “Discussing the Kanrenkai” (1897)
  • Part II The Nation
  • Chapter 1 On Protecting the Nation through Buddhism (1856)
  • Chapter 2 “Upholding Faith in the Buddhadharma and Repaying the Nation” (1863)
  • Chapter 3 “Lectures on the Three Articles of Instruction” (1873)
  • Chapter 4 Laughing at Christianity (1869)
  • Chapter 5 On the National Doctrine of Greater Japan (1882)
  • Part III Science and Philosophy
  • Chapter 1 A Buddhist Book of Genesis (1879)
  • Chapter 2 “The Gist of Indian Philosophy” (1887)
  • Chapter 3 Prolegomena to an Argument for the Revival of Buddhism (1887)
  • Chapter 4 Discourse on Buddhist Unity (1901)
  • Part IV Social Reform
  • Chapter 1 “On Civilization” (1876)
  • Chapter 2 “Publishing Goals of Hanseikai zasshi ” (1887) and “Living the Pure Life” (1887)
  • Chapter 3 “On the Relationship Between Man and Woman” (1888)
  • Chapter 4 On Buddhist Marriage (1894)
  • Chapter 5 The Problem of Faith (1904)
  • Part V Japan and Asia
  • Chapter 1 “A Plan to Protect the Dharma” (1874/1903)
  • Chapter 2 “A Record of Niuzhuang” (1895)
  • Chapter 3 “The Japanese People’s Spirit” (1912)
  • Chapter 4 A Travelogue in Tibet (1904)
  • About the Editors and Contributors
  • Index