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1、BuddhistMonasticisminEastAsiaTheareaofBuddhistmonasticismhaslongattractedtheinterestofBuddhistStudiesscholarsandhistorians,buttheinterpretationofthenatureandfunctionofmonasteriesacrossdiverseculturesandvasthistoricalperiodsremainsafocusfordebate.Thisbookprovidesamultifaceteddi
2、scussionofreligious,social,cultural,artistic,andpoliticalfunctionsofBuddhistmonasteriesinmedievalChinaandJapan.Withcontributionsfromleadingscholarsinthefield,thisvolumeexploresthemultiplicityoftheinstitutionsthatmakeup“theBuddhistmonastery.”Drawingonnewresearchandonpreviousstu
3、dieshithertonotwidelyavailableinEnglish,thechapterscoverkeyissuessuchastherelationshipbetweenmonasticsandlaysociety,themeaningofmonasticvows,howspecificinstitutionsfunctioned,andthedifferencesbetweenurbanandregionalmonasteries.Collectively,thebookdemonstratesthatmedievalmonast
4、eriesinEastAsiaweremuchmorethanmerelyresidencesformonkswho,cutofffromthedustanddinofsocietyandallitsentrap-ments,collectivelypursuedanidealcenobiticlifestyle.BuddhistMonasticisminEastAsiaisatimelycontributiontotheongoingattemptstounderstandacentralfacetofBuddhistreligiouspract
5、ice,andwillbeasignificantworkforacademicsandstudentsinthefieldsofBuddhistStudies,AsianStudies,andEastAsianReligions.JamesA.BennisAssociateProfessorofBuddhismandEastAsianReligionsatMcMasterUniversity.HeworksonBuddhismandTaoisminMedievalChinaandistheauthorofBurningfortheBuddha:S
6、elf-ImmolationinChineseBuddhism(2007).LoriMeeksisAssistantProfessorofReligionandEastAsianLanguagesandCulturesattheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia.ShehaspublishedextensivelyontherolesofwomenasconsumersandpractitionersofBuddhisminJapanduringtheHeianandKamakuraperiods.JamesRobsoni
7、sAssociateProfessorofChineseBuddhismatHarvardUniversity.HestudiesBuddhismandTaoisminmedievalChinaandistheauthorofPowerofPlace:TheReligiousLandscapeoftheSouthernSacredPeak[Nanyue]inMedievalChina(2009).RoutledgeCriticalStudiesinBuddhismEditedbyStephenC.Berkwitz,MissouriStateUniv
8、ersity,USAFoundingEditors:CharlesS.Prebish,UtahStateUniversit
