André Laliberté

The Politics of Buddhist Organizations in Taiwan, 1989-2003 (eBook, ePUB)

Safeguard the Faith, Build a Pure Land, Help the Poor

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring a dimension of Taiwanese poltics that has received little attention, this book gives a detailed survey of three of the most important Buddhist organizations in Taiwan: the Buddhist Association of the Republic of China, the Buddha Light Mountain monastic order, and the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Association.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134353538
• Artikelnr.: 38263537

Autorenporträt

Andre Laliberte is currently Professor at the Faculty of Political Science, Universite of Quebec at Montreal.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. The Political Participation of
Taiwanese Buddhist Organizations in Comparative Perspective 2. Taiwanese
Buddhist Organizations and Politics in Historical Perspective 3. The Baroc
and the Safeguarding of the Religion through Lobbying 4. Foguangshan's
Humanistic Buddhism and the Duty of Remonstrance 5. Chi's Humanistic
Buddhism and the Avoidance of Politics 6. Conclusions Appendices Selected
Bibliography