From the Mountains to the Cities: A History of Buddhist Propagation in Modern Korea 9780824876159

At the start of the twentieth century, the Korean Buddhist tradition was arguably at the lowest point in its 1,500-year

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Table of contents :
Contents
Series Editor’s Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Buddhist Missions and Dharma Transmissions
2. Securing the Freedom to Propagate Buddhism in the Cities in Late Chosŏn
3. Monastic Reforms and Buddhist Propagation under Japanese Colonial Rule
4. The Influence of Post-Liberation Politics and Power Struggles on Propagation
5. Back to the Mountains: Contemporary Korean Buddhist Propagation
6. The Past and Future of P’ogyo: Law, Religious Pluralism, and Lay-Monastic Recombination
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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