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Figures of Buddhist modernity in Asia /
This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
[2016]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contents by Buddhist Tradition
- Contents by Region and Country
- Introduction / McDaniel, Justin Thomas / Rowe, Mark Michael / Samuels, Jeffrey
- Looking Backward
- Yangon Airport Tower Communications Worker / Ferguson, Jane M.
- The "Insane" Monk / Kent, Daniel W.
- The Choices of a Priest on the Edge of Toyota City / McDaniel, Justin Thomas
- A Witness to Genocide / Thompson, Ashley
- A Monk between Worlds / Makley, Charlene
- A Buddhist Media Pioneer / Berkwitz, Stephen C.
- Embracing Belief and Critique in an Academic Life / Scott, Gregory A.
- Knowing Buddha Organization / Jerryson, Michael
- Educate, Agitate, Organize / Elison, William
- Sinhala Buddhism and Alcohol Consumption / Gamburd, Michele R.
- The Builder of Temporary Temples and Golden Corpses / McDaniel, Justin Thomas
- A Rakhine Monk from Bangladesh / Leider, Jacques P.
- Rebuilding Temples after War / Ledgerwood, Judy
- Scholar, Reformer, and Activist / Gellner, David N.
- A Thai Mural Painter in Singapore / Johnson, Irving Chan
- Looking Forward: Social-Psychological Care in a Troubled World
- Stabilizing the Rhythms of Life after the Tsunami / Graf, Tim
- President of the Theravada Nuns' Order of Nepal / Levine, Sarah
- The Rise of the "Clinical Religionist" / McLaughlin, Levi
- Activist Temple Wife / Starling, Jessica
- Modernizing Buddhist Proselytization in Hong Kong / Bell, Corey L.
- Modern Miracles of a Female Buddhist Master / Gayley, Holly
- The Temple Is a Place of Solutions / Nelson, John
- Maitreya's IT Guy / Ritzinger, Justin R.
- A Female Monk and the Hmong / Baird, Ian G.
- The Globally Local Priest / Friedrich, Daniel G.
- Raising the Powerful Girl Child / Emmrich, Christoph
- Buddha Was Tharu / Letizia, Chiara
- A Modern Taiwanese Educator / Travagnin, Stefania
- Inventor of a Buddhist Alphabet / Bhutia, Kalzang Dorjee
- Trading in the Buddhist Life for Drugs / Ruiz, Roger Casas
- Two Self-Sacrificing Bureaucrats / McLaughlin, Levi
- A Facebook Buddhist / Krawengit, Tongthida
- A Daughter of Lamas, Yogis, and Shamans / Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Amy
- Taiwan's New Age Buddhist / Farrelly, Paul J.
- A Modernist Monk with Chinese Characteristics / Nichols, Brian J.
- An Anticommunist Monk and Violence / Baird, Ian G.
- Looking Inward: New Asceticism in Modern Buddhism
- Art, Service, And A High-Rise Temple / Kim, Hwansoo Ilmee
- State Secularism and the Tibetan Non-monastic Tradition / Sihlé, Nicolas
- A Buddhist Spirit Medium / Pinthongvijayakul, Visisya
- An Act of Merit / Walters, Jonathan S.
- A Buddhist Lay Leader / Fisher, Gareth
- A Modern-Day Burmese Weikza / Kawanami, Hiroko
- Negotiating Religion and the State / Jacoby, Sarah H.
- Mother and Son and Meditation / Marston, John
- Reconnecting with the Land (and the Gods) / Terrone, Antonio
- A Buddha in the Making / Hewamanne, Sandya
- The Singing Nun / Pichler, Carina
- The Only Buddhist in the Village / High, Holly
- Stars for the Drowning / Craig, Sienna R.
- Alien Behavior / Evans, Grant
- The Life and Times of a Shan Buddhist / Tannenbaum, Nicola
- Looking Outward: Local Buddhists Becoming Global Citizens
- Teaching Buddhism as a Second Language / Galmiche, Florence
- The Empowerment of Buddhist Women / Harris, Elizabeth
- A Buddhist Mickey Mouse / Miller, Leigh
- A Twenty-first Century Custodian / Caple, Jane
- The Return of the Dutch / McMahan, David L.
- The Blogger Monk in Southern China / Travagnin, Stefania
- Carving Playful Buddhas / Lee, Jy
- Prolific Writer, Cool Blogger / Chia, Jack Meng-Tat
- Collector of Magic, Esquire / McDaniel, Justin Thomas
- A Sovereign Body beyond the Nation-State / Bernstein, Anya
- Post-Monk Life in New Zealand / Guthrie, Elizabeth
- The First Theravada Bhikkhuni in Vietnam / Pichler, Carina
- Monk, Writer, Educator, and International Buddhist / Surendran, Gitanjali
- On Being a "Human Being" / Kerekes, Susanne Ryuyin
- Thousand Hands, Thousand Eyes / Sheravanichkul, Arthid
- Further Reading
- Contributors
- Index.