Buddhism in the modern world [electronic resource] : adaptations of an ancient tradition / edited by Steven Heine and Charles S. Prebish.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Aniconism versus iconism in Thai Buddhism / Donald K. Swearer -- The modernization of Sinhalese Buddhism as reflected in the Dambulla cave temples / Nathan Katz -- Varying the vinaya : creative responses to modernity / Charles S. Prebish -- Master Hongyi looks back : a modern man becomes a monk in twentieth-century China / Raoul Birnbaum -- Transitions in the practice and defense of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism / Charles B. Jones -- Won Buddhism : the historical context of Sot'aesan's reformation of Buddhism for the modern world / Bongkil Chung -- Abbreviation or aberration : the role of the Shushōgi in modern Sōtō Zen Buddhism / Steven Heine -- "By imperial edict and shogunal decree" : politics and the issue of the ordination platform in modern lay Nichiren Buddhism / Jacqueline I. Stone -- The making of the western Lama / Dan Cozort -- "Liberate the Mahabodhi temple!" : socially engaged Buddhism, Dalit-style / Tara N. Doyle.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.