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Presenting Japanese Buddhism To The West
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Author : Judith Snodgrass
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2003-12-04
Presenting Japanese Buddhism To The West written by Judith Snodgrass and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-12-04 with Religion categories.
Japanese Buddhism was introduced to a wide Western audience when a delegation of Buddhist priests attended the World's Parliament of Religions, part of the 1893 Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In describing and analyzing this event, Judith Snodgrass challenges the predominant view of Orientalism as a one-way process by which Asian cultures are understood strictly through Western ideas. Restoring agency to the Buddhists themselves, she shows how they helped reformulate Buddhism as a modern world religion with specific appeal to the West while simultaneously reclaiming authority for the tradition within a rapidly changing Japan. Snodgrass explains how the Buddhism presented in Chicago was shaped by the institutional, social, and political imperatives of the Meiji Buddhist revival movement in Japan and was further determined by the Parliament itself, which, despite its rhetoric of fostering universal brotherhood and international goodwill, was thoroughly permeated with confidence in the superiority of American Protestantism. Additionally, in the context of Japan's intensive diplomatic campaign to renegotiate its treaties with Western nations, the nature of Japanese religion was not simply a religious issue, Snodgrass argues, but an integral part of Japan's bid for acceptance by the international community.
Presenting Japanese Buddhism To The West
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Author : Judith Snodgrass
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2003
Presenting Japanese Buddhism To The West written by Judith Snodgrass and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Religion categories.
Japanese Buddhism was introduced to the West during the World's Parliament of Religions, in the 1893 Columbian Exposition. In describing and analysing this event, this text challenges the view of Orientalism as a one-way process by which Asian cultures are understood through Western ideas.
A History Of Japanese Buddhism
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Author : Kenji Matsuo
language : en
Publisher: Global Oriental
Release Date : 2007-12-13
A History Of Japanese Buddhism written by Kenji Matsuo and has been published by Global Oriental this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-13 with Religion categories.
First study in English on Japanese Buddhism by a distinguished scholar in the field of Religious Studies will be widely welcomed.The main focus is on the tradition of the monk (o-bo-san) as the main agent of Buddhism, together with the historical processes by which monks have developed Japanese Buddhism as it appears in the present day.
Mah Y Na Phoenix
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Author : John S. Harding
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2008
Mah Y Na Phoenix written by John S. Harding and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Foreign Language Study categories.
The remarkable group of Japanese Buddhists who traveled to Chicago's Columbian Exposition to participate in the 1893 World's Parliament of Religions combined religious aspirations with nationalist ambitions. Their portrayal of Buddhism mirrored modern reforms in Meiji, Japan, and the historical context of cultural competition on display at the 1893 World's Fair. Japan's primary exhibit, the Hō-ō, or phoenix, Pavilion, provided an impressive display of traditional culture as well as apt symbolism: for Japan's modern rise to prominence, for Buddhist renewal succeeding devastating Meiji persecution, for Mahāyāna revitalization following withering attacks of Western critics, and for Chicago's own resurrection from the ashes of the Great Fire. This book examines the Japanese delegates' portrayal of Mahāyāna Buddhism as authentically ancient, pragmatically modern, scientifically consistent, and universally salvific. The Japanese delegates were active, and relatively successful agents who seized the opportunity of the 1893 forum to further their own objectives of promoting Japan and its Buddhism to the West, repairing negative evaluations of the «great vehicle» of Buddhism, differentiating Japanese Buddhism from the Buddhism of other countries, distinguishing their tradition as the evolutionary culmination of all religions, and shaping modern Buddhism in Asia and the West.
Buddhism And Modernity
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Author : Orion Klautau
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2021-10-31
Buddhism And Modernity written by Orion Klautau and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-31 with Religion categories.
Japan was the first Asian nation to face the full impact of modernity. Like the rest of Japanese society, Buddhist institutions, individuals, and thought were drawn into the dynamics of confronting the modern age. Japanese Buddhism had to face multiple challenges, but it also contributed to modern Japanese society in numerous ways. Buddhism and Modernity: Sources from Nineteenth-Century Japan makes accessible the voices of Japanese Buddhists during the early phase of high modernity. The volume offers original translations of key texts—many available for the first time in English—by central actors in Japan’s transition to the modern era, including the works of Inoue Enryō, Gesshō, Hara Tanzan, Shimaji Mokurai, Kiyozawa Manshi, Murakami Senshō, Tanaka Chigaku, and Shaku Sōen. All of these writers are well recognized by Buddhist studies scholars and Japanese historians but have drawn little attention elsewhere; this stands in marked contrast to the reception of Japanese Buddhism since D. T. Suzuki, the towering figure of Japanese Zen in the first half of the twentieth century. The present book fills the chronological gap between the premodern era and the twentieth century by focusing on the crucial transition period of the nineteenth century. Issues central to the interaction of Japanese Buddhism with modernity inform the five major parts of the work: sectarian reform, the nation, science and philosophy, social reform, and Japan and Asia. Throughout the chapters, the globally entangled dimension—both in relation to the West, especially the direct and indirect impact of Christianity, and to Buddhist Asia—is of great importance. The Introduction emphasizes not only how Japanese Buddhism was part of a broader, globally shared reaction of religions to the specific challenges of modernity, but also goes into great detail in laying out the specifics of the Japanese case.
Interactions With Japanese Buddhism
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Author : Michael Pye
language : en
Publisher: Eastern Buddhist Voices
Release Date : 2012
Interactions With Japanese Buddhism written by Michael Pye and has been published by Eastern Buddhist Voices this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Religion categories.
In the early twentieth-century, The Eastern Buddhist journal pioneered the presentation of Buddhism to the west and encouraged the west's engagement in interpretation. This interactive process increased dramatically in the post-war period, when dialogue between Buddhist and Christian thought began to take off in earnest. These debates and dialogues brought in voices with a Zen orientation, influenced in part by the philosophical Buddhism of the Kyōto School. Also to be heard, however, were contributions from the Pure Land and the Shin Buddhist traditions, which have a strong tradition in the city. This book brings together a range of authors who have significantly influenced subsequent Buddhist-Christian dialogue and the interaction between east and west. It is a companion volume to Listening to Shin Buddhism: Starting Points of Modern Dialogue.
Japanese New Religions In The West
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Author : Peter B. Clarke
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-18
Japanese New Religions In The West written by Peter B. Clarke and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-18 with Social Science categories.
An excellent and very timely update on an area seeing many recent developments.
Japanese Buddhism
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Author : Sir Charles Eliot
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-10-24
Japanese Buddhism written by Sir Charles Eliot and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-24 with Social Science categories.
Written as a companion to Eliot's 3-volume Hinduism and Buddhism this text begins with an overview of Buddhism as practiced in India and China before presenting an in depth account of the history of Buddhism in Japan. It follows the development of the Buddhist movement in Japan from its official introduction in AD 552, through the Nara, Heian and Tokugawa periods, detailing the rises of the various Buddhist sects in Japan, including Nichiren and Zen. Thoroughly researched and well-written, it was the last work published by Eliot, one of the great scholars of Eastern religion and philosophy at the time.
Japan And Indian Asia
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Author : Hajime Nakamura
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Japan And Indian Asia written by Hajime Nakamura and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Asia categories.
Japan S Religions Shinto And Buddhism
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Author : Lafcadio Hearn
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
Japan S Religions Shinto And Buddhism written by Lafcadio Hearn and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Japan categories.
"Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) was one of the first Westerners to find that Eastern thought and religion satisfied both his emotions and his intellect where Western religions had failed. He remains among the few most important interpreters to the West of all aspects of Japanese life and thought. Hearn came to America at 19 and, despite poverty and hardship, nevertheless gained a reputation as an able journalist. He had published three books and was well on the road to achieving lasting fame as a writer in the West but found a new and happier existence when he went to Japan. There he married a Japanese lady who bore him three children, and was able to gain a livelihood by teaching at the universities. He labored persistently, until his premature death in 1904, to understand all the facets of the country and the nation. His descriptions of his travels and contacts with the Japanese people, together with his profound study of Shintoism and Buddhism, established him as one of the great writers of his time. Hearn came to live in Japan permanently at the moment when the government and the upper classes began quite frenziedly to transform Japan into a Westernized, industrial society. Hearn had little faith in this process and foresaw the evils it would bring. He and a few like-minded friends played an extraordinarily significant role in persuading Japanese officials to preserve parts of Japan's priceless artistic and religious heritage which, under the new dispensation, had been left to rot in abandoned temples and monasteries. The chapters of this book are taken from several of the sixteen volumes of Hearn's collected works. They provide perhaps his most enduring writings on Shinto and Buddhism. When Hearn deals with Buddhism he does not concern himself with the different sects but dwells, instead, upon the broad teaching common to all varieties of Buddhism and explains how the Culture of Japan has absorbed it and recreated it in a form native to the land. Hearn was a bold pioneer in his explanation of the historical evolution of Shintoism at a time when Japanese scholars hesitated to treat the subject objectively. It was the national religion and its myths established the divine origin and rise of the Japanese Empire. It was therefore an act of intellectual courage for Hearn to show that Shintoism was a primitive religious development; he also broke new ground when he explained the way in which primitive Shinto had developed and fused with Buddhism in the Middle Ages. Nor did his love for Japan obscure his clear vision of the uses of Shinto mythology for the preparation of totalitarianism and militarism. Hearn's writings, translated into Japanese, remain a vital and important part of Japanese culture. Numerous books and a great deal of newspaper and periodical literature about him were published recently in Japan on the occasion of the centennial. For Hearn's writings succeeded in saving for future Japanese generations much of its cultural and religious heritage. Perhaps the most difficult and complex aspect of Japanese culture are its religions; in this sphere, Hearn achieves the signal feat of being able to explain their religions successfully both to the West and to the Japanese who came after him."--Dust jacket.