We are pleased to announce the release of the third volume in a new series published by Brill: A History of Chinese Buddhist Faith and Life. The book is authored by Sheng Kai, and edited by Jinhua Chen. For more information or to order, please visit https://brill.com/view/title/57547
The goal of this book is to study the ways in which Chinese Buddhists expressed their religious faiths and how Chinese Buddhists interacted with society at large since the Northern and Southern dynasties (386-589), through the Ming (1368-1644) and the Qing (1644-1911), up to the Republican era (1912-1949). The book aims to summarize and present the historical trajectory of the Sinification of Buddhism in a new light, revealing the symbiotic relationship between Buddhist faith and Chinese culture.
The book examines cases such as repentance, vegetarianism, charity, scriptural lecture, the act of releasing captive animals, the Bodhisattva faith, and mountain worship, from multiple perspectives such as textual evidence, historical circumstances, social life, as well as the intellectual background at the time.
Table of Content:
Introduction: Expression and Transformation of Chinese Buddhist Faith: Perspectives of Institutional History, Social History, Cultural History, and Scholarship History (Pages: 1–25)
Author: Kai Sheng
Conclusion: The Characteristics of Chinese Buddhist Faith (Pages: 548–558)
Author: Kai Sheng
Bibliography
Author: Kai Sheng
Editor: Jinhua Chen
Index
Author: Kai Sheng
Editor: Jinhua Chen
Click here to the original posting
