Mapping Modern Mahayana : : Chinese Buddhism and Migration in the Age of Global Modernity / / Jens Reinke.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
• VerfasserIn: Reinke, Jens,
• Place / Publishing House: München ;, Wien : : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Dialectics of the Global , 11
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XIII, 152 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; On the Series --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Abstract --; Mapping Modern Mahayana --; The Many Transnationalisms of Renjian Buddhism --; Migrating Bodhisattvas and Fo Guang Shan Religious Mobility --; Chineseness Globalized --; Generating Global Pure Lands --; Purifying the Multitude --; Fo Guang Shan and Global China as a Spatial Order --; List of Abbreviations --; List of Figures --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110690156; 9783110750720; 9783110750706; 9783110754001; 9783110753776; 9783110754087; 9783110753851
• ISSN: 2570-2289
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110690156
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jens Reinke.

This book presents a multi-sited ethnographic study of the global development of the Taiwanese Buddhist order Fo Guang Shan. It explores the order’s modern Buddhist social engagements by examining three globally dispersed field sites: Los Angeles in the United States of America, Bronkhorstspruit in South Africa, and Yixing in the People’s Republic of China. The data collected at these field sites is embedded within the context of broader theoretical discussions on Buddhism, modernity, globalization, and the nation-state. By examining how one particular modern Buddhist religiosity that developed in a specific place moves into a global context, the book provides a fresh view of what constitutes both modern and contemporary Buddhism while also exploring the social, cultural, and religious fabrics that underlie the spatial configurations of globalization.