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- catalog abstract ""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 specialists in Tibetan anthropology and religion conducted case studies in the Tibet autonomous region and among the Tibetans of Sichuan and Qinghai provinces. There they observed the revival of the Buddhist heritage in monastic communities and among laypersons at popular pilgrimages and festivals. Demonstrating how that revival must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations for greater Tibetan autonomy, the authors discuss ways that Tibetan Buddhists are restructuring their religion through a complex process of social, political, and economic adaptation. Buddhism has long been the main source of Tibetans' pride in their culture and country. These essays reveal the vibrancy of that ancient religion in contemporary Tibet and also the problems that religion and Tibetan culture in general are facing in a radically altered world."--Back cover.".
- catalog contributor b10645789.
- catalog contributor b10645790.
- catalog coverage "Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Religion 20th century.".
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""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 specialists in Tibetan anthropology and religion conducted case studies in the Tibet autonomous region and among the Tibetans of Sichuan and Qinghai provinces. There they observed the revival of the Buddhist heritage in monastic communities and among laypersons at popular pilgrimages and festivals. Demonstrating how that revival must contend with tensions between the Chinese state and aspirations for greater Tibetan autonomy, the authors discuss ways that Tibetan Buddhists are restructuring their religion through a complex process of social, political, and economic adaptation. Buddhism has long been the main source of Tibetans' pride in their culture and country. These essays reveal the vibrancy of that ancient religion in contemporary Tibet and also the problems that religion and Tibetan culture in general are facing in a radically altered world."--Back cover.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-199) and index.".
- catalog description "The revival of monastic life in Drepung Monastery / Melvyn C. Goldstein -- Re-membering the disembered body of Tibet / David Germano -- A pilgrimage of rebirth reborn / Matthew T. Kapstein -- Ritual, ethnicit, and generational identity / Lawrence Epstein and Peng Wenbin -- Concluding reflections / Matthew T. Kapstein.".
- catalog extent "x, 207 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0520211308 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0520211316 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
- catalog spatial "China Tibet Autonomous Region".
- catalog spatial "Tibet Autonomous Region (China) Religion 20th century.".
- catalog subject "294.3/923/0951509048 21".
- catalog subject "BQ7590 .B84 1998".
- catalog subject "Buddhism China Tibet Autonomous Region History 20th century.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The revival of monastic life in Drepung Monastery / Melvyn C. Goldstein -- Re-membering the disembered body of Tibet / David Germano -- A pilgrimage of rebirth reborn / Matthew T. Kapstein -- Ritual, ethnicit, and generational identity / Lawrence Epstein and Peng Wenbin -- Concluding reflections / Matthew T. Kapstein.".
- catalog title "Buddhism in contemporary Tibet : religious revival and cultural identity / edited by Melvyn C. Goldstein and, Matthew T. Kapstein ; with a foreword by Orville Schell.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".