Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN 13 | 9780190930721 |
ISBN 10 | 0190930721 |
Author | Lecturer in Chinese History and Culture Gregory Adam Scott |
Book Format | Hardcover |
Language | English |
Book Description | Between 1850 and 1966, tens of thousands of Buddhist sacred sites in China were destroyed, victims of targeted destruction, accidental damage, or simply neglect. During the same period, however, many of these sites were reconstructed, a process that |
About the Author | Gregory Adam Scott received his PhD from Columbia University, was previously a research fellow at the University of Edinburgh, and is currently lecturer at the University of Manchester. Originally from Canada, he is a historian of religion in modern China, particularly Buddhism. |
Publication Date | 2020-02-28 |
Number of Pages | 264 pages |
Building the Buddhist Revival: Reconstructing Monasteries in Modern China