Religion and the making of modern east Asia / Thomas David DuBois.
Religion and the making of modern east Asia / Thomas David DuBois.
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Date
2011.
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N200.951/14
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English
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Physical content
xii, 259 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
Contents
In the beginning: religion and history -- Ming China: the fourteenth century's new world order -- The Buddha and the shogun in sixteenth-century Japan -- Opportunities lost: the failure of Christianity, 1550-1750 -- Buddhism: incarnations and reincarnations -- Apocalypse now -- Out of the twilight:...
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Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2011.
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Summary
"Religion and religious ideas have played a fundamental role in the shaping of Asian history, society, and cultural practices. In this engaging and informative book, Thomas David DuBois sets out to explain how religious traditions and philosophies in China and Japan have evolved and intersected since the birth of Confucianism in China and the arriv...
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Religion and the making of modern east Asia / Thomas David DuBois.
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New approaches to Asian history ; 8.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N200.951/14
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1107400406 (pbk.)
9781107008090 (hardback)
1107008093 (hardback)
9781107400405 (paperback)
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200.951
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991006998739702626
