A study of Buddhism and Chinese Buddhist Monks in modernising China (Relinquishment)

    Project: Research

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    I will analyse the relationship of religion and modernity in China how traditional religion and eminent religious figures are represented historically and in contemporary China. The theme of hagiographic invention and pattern versus particular will be addressed as will the state of Buddhism during the late Qing and the Republican period, and the historical genealogical lineages of eminent Buddhist monks. There is a tendency for modernising states to abandon or marginalise traditional religions but paradoxically, while religious practice has undergone transformation and reform, in the case of Chinese Buddhism it has not only survived but has flourished over the last two decades. This project seeks to shed light on this phenomenon.
    StatusFinished
    Effective start/end date1/01/0731/12/07

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