DEMOCRACY'S DHARMA by Richard Madsen ( 9780520252288 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

DEMOCRACY'S DHARMA
RELIGIOUS RENAISSANCE AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN TAIWAN

By:

Richard Madsen

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0520252284

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9780520252288

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS

Pub. date:

1 November, 2007

Pages:

218

Description:

Explores the remarkable religious renaissance that reformed, revitalized, and renewed the practices of Buddhism and Daoism in Taiwan. This book connects these developments to Taiwan's transition to democracy and the burgeoning needs of its middle classes. It demonstrates that the Taiwan religious renaissance embraces a democratic modernity.

Synopsis:

This book explores the remarkable religious renaissance that has reformed, revitalized, and renewed the practices of Buddhism and Daoism in Taiwan. "Democracy's Dharma" connects 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 Mountain, and the Enacting Heaven Temple - and his analysis demonstrates that the Taiwan religious renaissance embraces a democratic modernity.

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14 b/w photographs

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University of California Press

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