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Anarchy in the pure land : reinventing the cult of Maitreya in modern Chinese Buddhism / Justin R. Ritzinger

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Ritzinger, Justin, 1976-
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
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xii, 334 pages ; 25 cm

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: Contrasting Impressions -- The Push to Modernization: A Historiographic Survey -- Taixu and the Reform Movement in Republican China -- The Pull of Modernity: An Alternative Approach -- Buddhism, Radicalism, and the Framework of Revolutionary Utopianism -- The Many Faces of Maitreya -- Sources, Structure, and Significance -- pt. I Taixu's Buddhist Radicalism -- 1.Portrait of the Master as a Young Anarchist -- Introduction -- A World Breaking Open -- Taixu's Years of Living Dangerously -- Conclusion -- 2.Disorienting Frameworks -- Introduction -- Anarcho-socialist and Buddhist Values in Taixu's Radical Thought -- Conclusion -- pt. II The Cult of Maitreya -- 3.A New Cult for New Buddhists -- Introduction -- Maitreya's (Ivory) Tower: Laying the Foundation in the May 4th Era -- Budai in the Marketplace: Expansion and Articulation in the Nanjing Decade -- Conclusion -- 4.Bodhisattva of Progress -- Introduction -- The Three Essentials -- Conclusion -- pt. III Worlds Closing and Opening -- 5.Future Interrupted -- Introduction -- War and Its Aftermath -- Maitreya in Exile -- Conclusion -- 6.Reawakening Maitreya: Legacies Orthodox and Heterodox -- Introduction -- Openings: The Cult of Maitreya in the PRC -- Openness: The Cult of Maitreya in Taiwan -- Heterodox Legacies: Yiguan Dao and Maitreya Great Way -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: Remembrances of Futures Past.
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ISBN
9780190491161 hardcover
0190491167 hardcover
9780190848071
0190848073
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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