Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context - Softcover

 
9780415600187: Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415600189 ISBN 13: 9780415600187
Publisher: Routledge, 2011

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415600189
ISBN 13 
9780415600187
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
330
Editor
Faure Bernard

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