Taiwan`s Tzu Chi as Engaged Buddhism: Origins, Organization, Appeal and Social Impact 9789004217478

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Автор: Yu-Shuang Yao
Название: Taiwan`s Tzu Chi as Engaged Buddhism: Origins, Organization, Appeal and Social Impact
ISBN: 9789004217478
Издательство: Brill
Классификация:

Религии и верования

Буддизм

Социология

ISBN-10: 9004217479
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 244
Вес: 0.39 кг.
Дата издания: 16.05.2012
Серия: Religion/Theology
Язык: English
Размер: 239 x 160 x 20
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: Religion & beliefs,Buddhism,Sociology
Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: This book is the first comprehensive sociological account and in-depth analysis of a new Chinese Buddhist movement, known as Tzu Chi (otherwise, the Buddhist Compassion Merit Society). Based in Taiwan, it was founded in 1966 and still led by a female Buddhist master – Master Cheng Yen. Its members are laity, and women play a major role. The main focus of the movement is medical charity – to ease and if possible prevent suffering and to teach ethics to the wealthy; at the same time, it also offers members a religion and a way of life. Recruitment typically attracts people from the urban middle class. With some 3.5 million members and a very low drop-out rate, Tzu Chi is extraordinarily successful, and has spread to other parts of the world, not least mainland China where it is attracting the attention of the general public and the media. The book stands in the Anglo-American tradition of the sociology of religion; it also draws on the author’s knowledge of Buddhist history. The data come from participant observation and many long interviews. It will be of particular interest to students of new religious movements, religious studies in contemporary China, and studies in ethics and social change in East Asia.

Taiwan`s Tzu Chi as Engaged Buddhism: Origins, Organization, Appeal and Social Impact, Yu-Shuang Yao