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Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context

Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Bernard FaureSeries:Routledgecurzon Studies in Asian ReligionTheme:Cultural Region/Asian, Interdisciplinary Studies/Asian, Religious Orientation/BuddhistPublish date:6/26/2003Pages:330
Languages:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780415297486ISBN-10:0415297486UPC:9780415297486Book Category:Religion, History, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Buddhism, Asia, ZenBook Topic:ZenSize:8.80 x 6.38 x 0.93 inchesWeight:0.508Product ID:SCQJE49MN0
The essays in this volume attempt to place the Chan and Zen tradition in their ritual and cultural contexts, looking at various aspects heretofore largely (and unduly) ignored. In particular, they show the extent to which these traditions, despite their claim to uniqueness, were indebted to larger trends in East Asian Buddhism, such as the cults of icons, relics and the monastic robe. The book emphasises the importance of ritual for a proper understanding of this allegedly anti-ritualistic form of Buddhism. In doing so, it deconstructs the Chan/Zen 'rhetoric of immediacy' and its ideological underpinnings.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:RoutledgeISBN-13:9780415297486ISBN-10:0415297486UPC:9780415297486Book Category:Religion, History, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:Buddhism, Asia, ZenBook Topic:ZenSize:8.80 x 6.38 x 0.93 inchesWeight:0.508Product ID:SCQJE49MN0

Bernard Faure is a Professor in the Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University and Co-Director of the Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies. His publications include The Rhetoric of Immediacy: A Cultural Critique of Chan/Zen Buddhism (1991), Chan Insights and Oversights: A Phenomenological Critique of the Chan/Zen Tradition (1993), Visions of Power: Imagining Medieval Japanese Buddhism (1996) and The Will to Orthodoxy: A Critical Genealogy of Northern Chan Buddhism (1997).


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Bernard Faure

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