Buddhism in Mongolian History, Culture, and Society

Herausgeber: Wallace, Vesna A

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Buddhism in Mongolian History, Culture, and Society explores the unique elements of Mongolian Buddhism while challenging its stereotyped image as a mere replica of Tibetan Buddhism. Vesna A. Wallace brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars to explore the interaction between the Mongolian indigenous culture and Buddhism, the features that Buddhism acquired through its adaptation to the Mongolian cultural sphere, and the ways Mongols have constructed their Buddhist identity. The contributors explore the ways that Buddhism retained unique Mongolian features through Qing and Mongol support, and bring to light the ways in which Mongolian Buddhists saw Buddhism as inseparable from "Mongolness." They show that by being greatly supported by Mongol and Qing empires, suppressed by the communist governments, and experiencing revitalization facilitated by democratization and the challenges posed by modernity, Buddhism underwent a series of transformations while retaining unique Mongolian features.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 348
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 593g
• ISBN-13: 9780199958665
• ISBN-10: 0199958661
• Artikelnr.: 47867369

Autorenporträt

Vesna A. Wallace is a Professor of Religious Studies in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her areas of specialization are Indian and Mongolian Buddhist traditions.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* Contributors
* Introduction
* Vesna A. Wallace
* Part I
* 1. What Happened to Queen Jönggen?
* Johan Elverskog
* 2. The Western Mongolian Clear Script and the Making of the Buddhist
State
* Richard Taupier
* 3. Shakur Lama: The Last Attempt to Build the Buddhist State
* Baatr Kitinov
* 4. Modernities, Sense Making, and the Inscription of Mongolian
Buddhist Place
* Matthew King
* 5. Envisioning a Mongolian Buddhist Identity through Chinggis Khaan
* Vesna A. Wallace
* Part II
* 6. Establishment of the Mergen Tradition of Mongolian Buddhism
* Uranchimeg Ujeed
* 7. Zanabazar (1635-1723): Vajrayana Art and the State in Medieval
Mongolia
* Uranchimeg Tsultemin
* 8. The Power and Authority of Maitreya in Mongolia Examined through
Mongolian Art
* Uranchimeg Tsultemin
* 9. A Literary History of Buddhism in Mongolia
* Simon Wickham-Smith
* 10. How Vajrapani Became a Mongol
* Vesna A. Wallace
* 11. What Do Protective Deities, Mongolian Heroes, and Fast Steeds
Have in Common?
* Vesna A. Wallace
* 12. Buddhist Sacred Mountains, Auspicious Landscapes, and Their
Agency
* Vesna A. Wallace
* Part III
* 13. Criminal Lamas: Court Cases Against Buddhist Monks in Early
Socialist Mongolia
* Christopher Kaplonski
* 14. Transition and Transformation: Buddhist Women of Buryatia
* Karma Lekshe Tsomo
* 15. The Social and Cultural Practices of Buddhism: The Local Context
of Inner Mongolia in the First Half of the Twentieth Century
* Hurelbaatar Ujeed