Dynamics and Stability in the Encounters between Asian Buddhists and European Christians

The aim of this paper is to theorize broadly about how cultural encounters between Asian Buddhists and European Christians spurred various efforts to demarcate, systematize, and stabilize religious traditions. It focuses on the dynamics seen in Buddhist responses to contact situations from the sixt...

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Main Author: Stephen C. Berkwitz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CERES / KHK Bochum 2018-01-01
Series:Entangled Religions - Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer
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Online Access:https://er.ceres.rub.de/index.php/ER/article/view/829