This book presents a multi-sited ethnographic study of the global development of the
Taiwanese Buddhist order Fo Guang Shan. It explores the order's modern Buddhist social …

This article explores the state of the field of research on digital Buddhism, contextualizing the
field within a broader scope. It discusses the present and future digital ethnographic study of …

This article attempts at a re-theorization towards the symbiosis and co-production of religion,
modern science and technology, inspired by theoretical thinking within geographies of …

In this policy brief, Yoshiko Ashiwa and David Wank argue that the global promotion of
Buddhism as a form of soft power by the Chinese state is unprecedented in the modern …

This article delves into the advent of Chinese Buddhism in Africa and its entanglement with
politics and the contemporary Chinese transnationalism. It explores the previously …

Religion has emerged as one of the critical soft power tools for many countries worldwide,
including China. China has a long history of integrating religion and religious outreach in its …

The ritual of “releasing life”(fangsheng 放生), a form of Buddhist cultivation, has been widely
practiced by Chinese Buddhists for at least fifteen centuries. This ritual is currently enjoying …

This article explores rarely accessed local archives to reveal the fate of a renowned area of
Buddhist activity—Mount Jiuhua—from 1949 to 1966 and the impact of the Chinese …

There has been much debate on appropriate forms of land governance and tenure systems
in pastoral rangelands. Various models have been proposed, ranging from private to state to …

Since the early 1980s, China's southwestern borderland area of Xishuangbanna in Yunnan
Province has witnessed an astounding rejuvenation of Theravada Buddhism among the Dai …