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Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet : Religious Revival and Cultural Identity by Schell, Orville ;Goldstein, Melvyn C. (editor);Kapstein, Mathew T. (editor) is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.
What is Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet : Religious Revival and Cultural Identity about?
Following the upheavals of the Cultural Revolution, the People's Republic of China gradually permitted the renewal of religious activity. Tibetans, whose traditional religious and cultural institutions had been decimated during the preceding two decades, took advantage of the decisions of 1978 to begin a Buddhist renewal that is one of the most extensive and dramatic examples of religious revitalization in contemporary China. The nature of that revival is the focus of this book. Four leading spe
Who reads Buddhism in Contemporary Tibet : Religious Revival and Cultural Identity?
It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.
Common subject areas: religion, theology.
- Author
- Schell, Orville ;Goldstein, Melvyn C. (editor);Kapstein, Mathew T. (editor)
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780520920057
- Category
- religious
- Subjects
- History, Buddhism, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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