Oxford handbook of contemporary Buddhism / edited by Michael Jerryson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jerryson, Michael K., editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buddhism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Contemporary Buddhism

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

As an incredibly diverse religious system, Buddhism is constantly changing. The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism offers a comprehensive collection of work by leading scholars in the field that tracks these changes up to the present day. Taken together, the book provides a blueprint to understanding Buddhism's past and uses it to explore the ways in which Buddhism has transformed in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The volume contains 41 essays, divided into two sections. The essays in the first section examine the historical development of Buddhist traditions throughout the world. The second section tracks the relationship between Buddhist traditions and particular themes.

Contents:

Contemporary Buddhism in Malaysia / Jeffrey Samuels

Contemporary Buddhist Architecture: From Reliquary to Theme Park / Lawrence Chua

Contemporary Buddhism and Education / Vladimir Tikhonov

Buddhism and Gender / Sharon A. Suh

Contemporary Buddhism and Iconography / Jessica Lee Patterson

Buddhism in Latin America / Cristina Rocha

Buddhism, Race and Ethnicity / Joseph Cheah

Buddhist Relics and Pilgrimage / Jovan Maud

Buddhism, Conflict, and Peacebuilding / Michael Jerryson

Diasporic Buddhisms and Convert Communities / John Nelson

Buddhism in Africa / Michel Clasquin-Johnson

Contemporary Burmese Buddhism / Niklas Foxeus

Contemporary Chinese Buddhist Traditions / Mario Poceski

European Buddhist Traditions / Laurence Cox

Introduction / Michael Jerryson

Contemporary Mongolian Buddhism / Vesna A. Wallace, Christine Murphy

Contemporary Tibetan Buddhist Traditions / Abraham Zablocki

U.S. Buddhist Traditions / Joseph Cheah

Contemporary Vietnamese Buddhism / Alexander Soucy

Contemporary Thai Buddhism / Rachelle M. Scott

Buddhism and Media Technologies / Gregory Price Grieve, Daniel Veidlinger

Buddhism, Ecology, and the Implications of Practice / Susan M. Darlington

Buddhism, Chanting and Music / Paul D. Greene

Contemporary Sri Lankan Buddhist Traditions / Mahinda Deegalle

Contemporary Lao Buddhism / Patrice Ladwig

Contemporary Cambodian Buddhist Traditions: Seen from the Past / Ashley Thompson

Buddhism and Death / Mark Rowe

Contemporary Buddhism and Magic / Erick White.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 30, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780199362400

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.