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Buddhist Responses to Christianity in Postwar Taiwan: Awakening the World

Pacey, Scott

Authors

SCOTT PACEY SCOTT.PACEY@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Assistant Professor



Abstract

After the Communist victory in China's civil war, Taiwan, then governed by the KMT (or Nationalist Party), became a focal point for both Buddhist and Christian activity in the Chinese world. Focusing on some of the most influential monastics of the time, this study considers Buddhist responses to Christianity during its subsequent period of growth on the island. Drawing on Buddhist and Christian publications, it shows that interfaith competition, and political context, are important in shaping religious identity and driving the religious engagement with modernity. Buddhist Responses to Christianity in Postwar Taiwan: Awakening the World will be of interest to historians of Buddhism, Chinese religion and Taiwanese society, and to those with an interest in interfaith dialogue more generally.

Citation

Pacey, S. (2020). Buddhist Responses to Christianity in Postwar Taiwan: Awakening the World. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

Book Type Authored Book
Publication Date Jan 15, 2020
Deposit Date Oct 26, 2020
Publisher Amsterdam University Press
Pages 250
ISBN 9789463724111
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4993243
Publisher URL https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463724111/buddhist-responses-to-christianity-in-postwar-taiwan