{"product_id":"tibetan-buddhism-among-han-chinese-9781498584647","title":"Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis study analyzes the growing appeal of Tibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese in contemporary China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It examines the Tibetan tradition's historical context and its social, cultural, and political adaptation to Chinese society, as well as the effects on Han practitioners. The author''s analysis is based on fieldwork in all three locations and includes a broad range of interlocutors, such as Tibetan religious teachers, Han practitioners, and lay Tibetans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTibetan Buddhism among Han Chinese is a new contribution to the growing field of Sino-Tibetan Buddhist studies concerning the presence of Tibetan Buddhism in the religious landscape of contemporary China. Its ethnographic dynamics afford an extensive discussion of what the author terms the “Chinese superscriptions” of Tibetan Buddhism regarding the increasingly individualized interpretations and practices of this non-Chinese religion. -- Dan Smyer Yü, Yunnan University\u003cbr\u003eThe growing cultural and spiritual influence of Tibetan Buddhism in the West is well-known, but, unbeknownst to most scholars and observers, growing numbers of Han Chinese are practicing the religion too. This is a significant contribution to the study of the modern transformations of Tibetan Buddhism in a context of globalization. -- David Palmer, University of Hong Kong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Tibetan Buddhism as a Worldview\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One: The State, Popular Imagination, and Traditional Chinese Cosmology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two: Superscribing New Meaning on Guan Gong, the Chinese ‘God of War’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three: The Confucian Revival and Tibetan Buddhism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four: Pragmatism, Protestantism and Tibetan Buddhism in Hong Kong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five: Tibetan Deities and Spirits in a Multilayered Tibetan Landscape\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six: Chinese Ghosts and Tibetan Buddhism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Tibetan Buddhism Engaging Contemporary China: Continuity, Change, and Authenticity","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040843497815,"sku":"9781498584647","price":93.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498584647.jpg?v=1750948028","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/tibetan-buddhism-among-han-chinese-9781498584647","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}