Buddhism under Mao shows what kind of a problem Buddhism presented to the Chinese Communists and how they solved it. Relying largely on materials from the Mainland press; Holmes Welch has made what is probably the most detailed study so far available of the fate of a world religion in a Communist country. He describes how Buddhist institutions were controlled; protected; utilized; and suppressed; and explains why the larger needs of foreign and domestic policy dictated the Communists’ approach to the institutions. Over eighty photographs illustrate the activities of monks; laymen; and foreign visitors.Welch has been working for over a decade on the trilogy here completed. The preceding volumes; The Practice of Chinese Buddhism; 1900–1950 and The Buddhist Revival in China; dealt with Buddhism in the years before the Communist victory. The present volume ends with a discussion of the future; in which Welch sees the possibility of the survival of certain elements of Buddhism in new forms.
#878329 in Books Belknap Press 2011-10-30 2011-10-17Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.91 x 1.25 x 6.36l; 1.80 #File Name: 0674062256648 pages
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