[Buddha-l] JGB - Special issue - "Buddhism Activism and Chinese Modernity"

[Cristina Rocha]

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce a special issue of the Journal of Global Buddhism <http://www.globalbuddhism.org/toc.html>. 
"Buddhism Activism and Chinese Modernity" (vol. 10) brings to the fore cutting-edge research on developments in Buddhism in China. The Journal of Global Buddhism is an on-line, open access refereed publication. The table of contents is as follows:

Introduction: Buddhist Activism and Chinese Modernity 
By Hung-yok Ip

The Power of Interconnectivity:
Tan Sitong's Invention of Historical Agency in Late Qing China
By Hung-yok Ip

Chinese Buddhist Nuns in the Twentieth Century: A Case Study in Wuhan
By Yuan Yuan

The Influence of Chinese Master Taixu on Buddhism in Vietnam
Elise A. DeVido

Buddhism, Resistance, and Collaboration in Manchuria
By James Carter

Buddhist Contribution to the Socialist Transformation of Buddhism in China:
Activities of Ven. Juzan during 1949-1953 
By Xue Yu

Writing History of Buddhist Thought in the Twentieth Century: 
Yinshun (1906-2005) in the Context of Chinese Buddhist Historiography 
By Marcus Bingenheimer

Modernization and Traditionalism in Buddhist Almsgiving:
The Case of the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu-chi Association in Taiwan 
By Charles B. Jones

Socially Engaged Buddhist Nuns: Activism in Taiwan and North America
Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Toward A Buddhist Theory of Justice 
By James Blumenthal


With best wishes, 

 

Dr. Cristina Rocha 
Managing Editor: Journal of Global Buddhism 
School of Humanities and Languages 
University of Western Sydney 

Author (with Michelle Barker) of Buddhism in Australia: Traditions in Change, Routledge, 2010  and Zen in Brazil: The Quest for Cosmopolitan Modernity, Hawaii University Press, 2006. 
http://www.uws.edu.au/centre_for_cultural_research/ccr/people/researchers/dr_cristina_rocha