The science of Chinese Buddhism : early twentieth-century engagements / Erik J. Hammerstrom.

Kexue, or science, captured the Chinese imagination in the early twentieth century, promising new knowledge about the world and a dynamic path to prosperity. Chinese Buddhists particularly embraced scientific language and ideas to carve out a place for their religion within a rapidly modernizing soc...

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Main Author: Hammerstrom, Erik J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Series:Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies.
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