• Engaging the Secular: Conceptions of the Future in Modern Chinese Buddhism (Ming-Feng Wu)

    CERES-Palais, Raum “Ruhrpott” (4.13)

    CERES Forschungskol­lo­qui­um This study explores how mod­ern Chi­nese Bud­dhism craft­ed its vision of the future in the ear­ly twen­ti­eth cen­tu­ry by reimag­in­ing the sec­u­lar realm. Instead of view­ing the sec­u­lar as a fixed enti­ty to be accept­ed or reject­ed, the Chi­nese Bud­dhist com­mu­ni­ty rede­fined its sig­nif­i­cance through its engage­ment with the “mun­dane world.” The research […]