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The Korean Buddhist Empire [electronic resource] : A Transnational History (1910-1945).

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Harvard East Asian monographsPublication details: Boston : BRILL, 2018.Description: 1 online resource (0 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 1684175925
  • 9781684175925
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Korean Buddhist Empire : A Transnational History (1910-1945)DDC classification:
  • 294.309519/09041 23
LOC classification:
  • BQ665 .K56 2018eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Intro -- The Korean Buddhist Empire: A Transnational History (1910-1945) -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Valorization of the Koryŏ Canon -- 2. A Buddhist Christmas: The Buddha's Birthday Festival -- 3. The Transnational Buddhist Yu Guanbin -- 4. Transcultural Zen: Soma Shoei's Training with Korean Masters -- 5. Governmentality: The Great Head Temple -- 6. Propagation in Colonial Korea, Japan, and Manchuria -- Conclusion -- List of Names and Terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs
Summary: "Highlights the centrality of transnational relationships in the transformation of colonial Korean Buddhism in the early twentieth century. While Japanese Buddhism exerted the most influence, Korean Buddhism (and Japanese Buddhism itself) was deeply influenced by developments in China, Taiwan, and elsewhere, as well as by Christianity"--Provided by publisher.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)2661771

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Intro -- The Korean Buddhist Empire: A Transnational History (1910-1945) -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Valorization of the Koryŏ Canon -- 2. A Buddhist Christmas: The Buddha's Birthday Festival -- 3. The Transnational Buddhist Yu Guanbin -- 4. Transcultural Zen: Soma Shoei's Training with Korean Masters -- 5. Governmentality: The Great Head Temple -- 6. Propagation in Colonial Korea, Japan, and Manchuria -- Conclusion -- List of Names and Terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- Harvard East Asian Monographs

"Highlights the centrality of transnational relationships in the transformation of colonial Korean Buddhism in the early twentieth century. While Japanese Buddhism exerted the most influence, Korean Buddhism (and Japanese Buddhism itself) was deeply influenced by developments in China, Taiwan, and elsewhere, as well as by Christianity"--Provided by publisher.