… Buddhist … Buddhists feel, think, and experience Buddhism in post-Mao China would be
an invaluable addition to this volume. As lay Buddhists comprise a majority of the Buddhist …

… limits religions’ development, and Buddhism in China is no exception to this. Buddhism after
Mao is a masterful attempt to understand how Chinese Buddhism’s revival, amounting to its “…

… A monograph with the title Buddhism after Mao can easily and should (in … Buddhism in
China during the first half of the twentieth century and his subsequent book Buddhism under Mao, …

… The volume is divided into three sections: “Negotiating Legitimacy” focuses on interactions
between Buddhism and the PRC state; “Revival and Continuity” examines how Buddhist …

… , but also to unite and engage in lobbying and negotiation with official authorities over state
… respects, different) examples of these recuperation, reinvention and adaptation strategies. …

… They more specifically draw our attention to the many responses designed by Buddhists
to obtain legitimacy through negotiations, continuities and reinventions, which constitute the …

… This book originated from a conference held in Paris in October 2014 as a part of the
international research project “Buddhism after Mao: Religion, Power, and Society in China since …

… negotiated the competing claims of Buddhist clergy, who sought to revive monasteries as
places for Buddhist practice… Part two of the volume is titled “Revival and continuity: the monastic …

… later in this chapter, a policy of tolerance toward Buddhism in … mobilize the resources of
Buddhist philanthropy to help address … toward China among Taiwanese Buddhists, an important …

… temples, the campers also participate in collective singing; they are encouraged to ask
many questions about Buddhist practice during Dharma talks and individual consultations with …