Title Monks in motion : Buddhism and modernity across the South China Sea / Jack Meng-Tat Chia

Published New York, NY, United States of America : Oxford University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) Series Academy series American Academy of Religion academy series. Summary "Chinese Buddhists have never remained stationary. They have always been on the move. Why did Buddhist monks migrate from China to Southeast Asia? How did they participate in transregional Buddhist networks across the South China Sea? In Monks in Motion, Jack Meng-Tat Chia tells a story of monastic connectivity across the South China Sea during the twentieth century. Following in the footsteps of three prominent monks-Chuk Mor (1913-2002), Yen Pei (1917-1996), and Ashin Jinarakkhita (1923-2002)-Chia explores the connected history of Buddhist communities in China and maritime Southeast Asia. Monks in Motion is the first book to offer a history of what Chia terms "South China Sea Buddhism," referring to a Buddhism that emerged from a swirl of correspondence networks, forced exiles, voluntary visits, evangelizing missions, institution-building campaigns, and the organizational efforts of countless Chinese and Chinese diasporic Buddhist monks. Drawing on multilingual research conducted in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, he challenges the conventional categories of "Chinese Buddhism" and "Southeast Asian Buddhism" by focusing on the lesser-known-yet no less significant-Chinese Buddhist communities of maritime Southeast Asia. By crossing the artificial spatial frontier between China and Southeast Asia, Monks in Motion brings Southeast Asia into the study of Chinese Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism into the study of Southeast Asia. Chuk Mor, Yen Pei, Ashin Jinarakkhita, South China Sea Buddhism, Buddhist modernism, Chinese Buddhism, Southeast Asian Buddhism, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital cover (viewed on September 10, 2020) Subject Buddhism -- South China Sea Region -- History -- 20th century Buddhism -- China -- History -- 20th century Buddhist monks -- China -- History -- 20th century Buddhist monks -- Travel -- South China Sea Region -- History -- 20th century Buddhism and culture -- South China Sea Region -- History -- 20th century Buddhist modernism -- South China Sea Region -- History -- 20th century Chinese -- South China Sea Region -- Religion -- 20th century Buddhism Buddhism and culture Buddhist modernism Buddhist monks Chinese -- Religion Religion SUBJECT South China Sea Region -- Religion -- 20th century Subject China South China Sea Region Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019059981 ISBN 9780190091002 0190091002 9780190090999 0190090995

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