04621cam a2200745Ki 4500 ocn922006794 OCoLC 20200709060358.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 150924s2015 nyu ob 001 0 eng d JSTOR eng rda pn JSTOR RECBK OCL YDX LVT VLB N$T IDEBK EBLCP YDXCP TEFOD OCLCF IDK UAB K6U OCLCQ CCO PIFAG FVL AGLDB OCLCQ MERUC UKOUP W2U COO 914328565 916446260 938433730 965532773 982201255 9780231539586 (electronic bk.) 0231539584 (electronic bk.) 9780231170345 0231170343 1044295 (N$T) (OCoLC)922006794 (OCoLC)914328565 (OCoLC)916446260 (OCoLC)938433730 (OCoLC)965532773 (OCoLC)982201255 22573/ctt14d34qw JSTOR a-cc--- BQ4570.S3 H36 2015eb REL007000 bisacsh PHI028000 bisacsh REL007010 bisacsh HIS008000 bisacsh REL106000 bisacsh REL 017000 bisacsh 294.3/3650951 23 MAIN Hammerstrom, Erik J., author. The science of Chinese Buddhism : early twentieth-century engagements / Erik J. Hammerstrom. New York : Columbia University Press, [2015] 1 online resource (xi, 245 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier The Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies Includes bibliographical references and index. The historical context -- Views on the physical universe -- Empiricism and the means for verification -- The nature of mind -- Ethics, science, and society -- Science and self-cultivation. Print version record. Kexue, or science, captured the Chinese imagination in the early twentieth century, promising new knowledge about the world and a dynamic path to prosperity. Chinese Buddhists particularly embraced scientific language and ideas to carve out a place for their religion within a rapidly modernizing society. Examining dozens of overlooked writings from the Chinese Buddhist press, this book maps Buddhists' efforts to rethink their traditions through science in the initial decades of the twentieth century. Buddhists believed science offered an exciting, alternative route to knowledge grounded in empirical thought, much like their own. They encouraged young scholars to study subatomic and relativistic physics while still maintaining Buddhism's vital illumination of human nature and its crucial support of an ethical system rooted in radical egalitarianism. Showcasing the rich and progressive steps Chinese religious scholars took in adapting to science's inevitable rise, this volume offers key perspective on how a major Eastern power transitioned to modernity in the twentieth century and how its intellectuals anticipated many of the ideas debated by scholars of science and Buddhism today. Master record variable field(s) change: 082 Buddhism and science China History 20th century. China Intellectual life 20th century. RELIGION Buddhism General. bisacsh RELIGION Comparative Religion. bisacsh Buddhism and science. fast (OCoLC)fst00840116 Intellectual life. fast (OCoLC)fst00975769 China. fast (OCoLC)fst01206073 1900-1999 fast Electronic books. History. fast (OCoLC)fst01411628 Print version: Hammerstrom, Erik J. Science of Chinese Buddhism 9780231170345 (DLC) 2014038237 (OCoLC)893099262 Sheng Yen series in Chinese Buddhist studies. EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1044295 Alberta Government Library Access http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=e000xna&AN=1044295 (Unlimited Concurrent Users) from EBSCO Academic Collection EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL2127369 EBSCOhost EBSC 1044295 ProQuest MyiLibrary Digital eBook Collection IDEB cis31233853 Recorded Books, LLC RECE rbeEB00640411 YBP Library Services YANK 12544321 Oxford University Press USA OUPR EDZ0001280204 92 N$T 56337 56337