Making of Buddhist Modernism - Hardcover

McMahan, David L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0195183274 ISBN 13: 9780195183276

Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR, 2008

Synopsis

In this book, David McMahan offers the first comprehensive attempt to chart the development of "modern Buddhism." His position is critical but empathetic: while he presents modern Buddhism as a construction of numerous parties with varying interests, he does not reduce it to a mistake, a misrepresentation, or a fabrication. Rather, he presents modern Buddhism as a complex historical process constituted by a variety of responses - sometimes trivial, often profound - to some of the most important concerns of the modern era.

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The Making of Buddhist Modernism In this book, David McMahan offers the first comprehensive attempt to chart the development of "modern Buddhism." His position is critical but empathetic: while he presents modern Buddhism as a construction of numerous parties with varying interests, he does not reduce it to a mistake, a misrepresentation, or a fabrication. Rather, he presents modern Buddhism as a complex historical process consti... Full description

Review:

McMahan's investigation is a valuable and welcome addition to studies of Victorian-era Buddhism, Buddhism and colonialism, Engaged Buddhism, and Buddhism in America. (Anne M. Blackburn, Journal of the American Academy of Religion)

David McMahan has developed a creative and richly suggestive historical synthesis. ... McMahan's investigation is a valuable and welcome addition to studies of Victorian-era Buddhism, Buddhism and colonialism, Engaged Buddhism, and Buddhism in America. (Anne M. Blackburn, Journal of the American Academy of Religion)

About this edition

• Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0195183274
• ISBN 13: 9780195183276
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 310