The foundations of Buddhism by Gethin, Rupert

Table of Contents: “…China, Korea, and Japan: East Asian Buddhism --…”
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Reinventing the Tripitaka : transformation of the Buddhist canon in modern East Asia

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Pneumatology and the Christian-Buddhist dialogue : does the Spirit blow through the middle way? by Yong, Amos

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Christian Theology Entering the Middle Way -- Part One: Spirit and Emptiness: Divine Presence, Human Nature, and the Middle Way -- Spirit, Creation, and Human Nature: Divine Presence in Pneumatological Perspective -- Shunyata: The World and Human Becoming in East Asian Buddhism -- Toward a Comparative Christian-Buddhist Anthropology -- Part Two: Spirit, Salvation, and the Eightfold Path: Divine Activity and Liberation Along the Middle Way -- Becoming Divine: Eastern Orthodoxy and the Desert Tradition of Spirituality -- Perfection and Liberation: Buddhaghosa and the Theravadin Tradition of Self-Renunciation -- Toward a Comparative Christian-Buddhist Soteriology -- Part Three: The Satan and Mara: Divine Absence and the Demonic Threatening the Middle Way -- Pentecostal Demonologies and the Asian Context -- Buddhist Traditions of the Demonic -- Toward a Comparative Christian-Buddhist Cosmology -- Conclusion: Skillful Means and the Transformation of the Middle Way.…”
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The Wiley Blackwell companion to East and inner Asian Buddhism

Table of Contents: “…Buddhism in Central Asian History / Mariko Walter -- Buddhism in Chinese History / Mario Poceski -- Buddhism in Korean History / Sem Vermeersch -- Buddhism in Japanese History / Heather Blair -- Buddhism in Tibetan History / James Apple -- Tiantai Integrations of Doctrine and Practice / Haiyan Shen -- Huayan Elaborations on the Realm of Reality / Imre Hamar -- Chan/Zen Conceptions of Orthodoxy / Albert Welter -- Tibetan Formulations of the Tantric Path / David Gray -- Pure Land Devotion in East Asia / Jimmy Yu -- Bodhisattva Cults in Chinese Buddhism / Natasha Heller -- Funerary Rituals in Japanese Buddhism / Nam-lin Hur -- Pilgrimage in Japanese Buddhism / Henny van der Veere -- Healing in Tibetan Buddhism / Geoffrey Samuel -- East Asian Transformations of Monasticism / Huaiyu Chen -- Nuns and Laywomen in East Asian Buddhism / Lori Meeks -- Buddhist-Daoist Interactions in Medieval China / Livia Kohn -- The Chinese Buddhist Canon / Jiang Wu -- The Tibetan Buddhist Canon / Phil Stanley -- Buddhism and Poetry in East Asia / Beata Grant -- Buddhist Art and Architecture in East Asia / Michelle C. …”
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Japan viewed from interdsciplinary perspectives : history and prospects

Table of Contents: “…Borders of "American citizens" created in a more globalized world : the significance of the transpacific steamship route for Asian immigration to the United States in the late 19th century / Yuki Ooi -- The symbiotic relationship between Japan's status in the world and changes in the nature of medical insurances from the 1920s to the early 1940s / Yoneyuki Sugita -- Japanese identity in a globalized world : "anti-Japanism" and discursive struggle / Karl Gustafsson -- From "funeral" to "engaged" Buddhism : death rites and postwar Japanese social identity / Steven Heine -- The Obama "pivot" to Asia in the context of American hegemony / Bruce Cumings -- The young East : negotiating Japan's place in the world through East Asian Buddhism / Judith Snodgrass -- Asia-Pacific economic cooperation (APEC) and Japan : dispute settlement and trade security / John Paden -- Popular culture regionalization in East Asia and what this means to Japan / Nissim Otmazgin -- Myanmar : the last frontier for Japanese official development assistance (ODA) to southeast Asia / Marie Söderberg -- Recalibrating Sino-Japanese relations for a better future : implications of Japan's joint anti-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden with China / Victor Teo -- The unforeseen effects of the American intervention : the political purge program and the making of Japan's postwar leadership / Juha Saunavaara -- A comparative analysis of the relationship between learning environments and educational performance in Japan and the United States / Christopher C. …”
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Religion in the Context of Globalization : Essays on Concept, Form, and Political Implication. by Beyer, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Identities: religions and cultures as global puritiesReligions and cultures as loci of power; Religions and cultures as history; Four religious illustrations: from East Asia to Africa; Hybridized "purity" in the reconstruction of modern Islam; Syncretization as particularization in African Christianity; The invention of Hinduism: from self-evidence to syncretization; Elusive purity in East Asian Buddhism: the persistence of hybridity; Conclusions; 3. …”
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