Democracy's Dharma Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan

Name: Democracy's Dharma Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan
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ISBN: 9780520252288

ISBN-10: 0520252284

ISBN-13: 9780520252288

Edition: 2007

Authors: Richard Madsen

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This book explores the remarkable religious renaissance that has reformed, revitalized, and renewed the practices of Buddhism and Daoism in Taiwan.Democracy's Dharmaconnects these noteworthy developments to Taiwan's transition to democracy and the burgeoning needs of its new middle classes. Richard Madsen offers fresh thinking on Asian religions and shows that the public religious revival was not only encouraged by the early phases of the democratic transition but has helped to make that transition successful and sustainable. Madsen makes his argument through vivid case studies of four groups--Tzu Chi (the Buddhist Compassion Relief Association), Buddha's Light Mountain, Dharma Drum…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/13/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 218
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


A Note on Romanization


Preface



The Taiwanese Religious Context



Tzu Chi: The Modernization of Buddhist Compassion



Buddha's Light Mountain: The Buddhist Contribution to Democratic Civil Religion



Dharma Drum Mountain: Transcendent Meaning in a Broken World



The Enacting Heaven Temple: Hybrid Modernity


Conclusions


Notes


Bibliography


Glossary


Index