Old society, new belief : religious transformation of China and Rome, ca. 1st-6th centuries
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Pu, Muzhou
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Drake, H. A. 1942- , [HerausgeberIn] Raphals, Lisa Ann, 1951- , [HerausgeberIn] |
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New York, NY, United States of America :
Oxford University Press,
[2017].
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xiii, 350 pages ; 25 cm |
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| Parallelausgabe: |
Old society, new belief (Online version) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Introduction / Mu-chou Poo and H.A. Drake
- Part 1. Initial encounters and causes of resistance. "Buddhism enters China" in early medieval China / Robert Ford Campany
- Christianity and Rome : a study in power relationships / H.A. Drake
- Aesthetics of enlightenment : philosophical continuity and rhetorical innovation in the poetics of Roman architecture / J. Mira Seo
- Justin Martyr and Tatian : Christian reactions to encounters with Greco-Roman culture and imperial persecution / Hyun Jin Kim
- When Buddhism meets the Chen-Wei prophetic and apocryphal discourse : a religious encounter in early medieval China / Zongli Lu
- Honoring the dead : the Buddhist reinvention of commemorative literature, ritual, and material culture in early medieval China / Huai-yu Chen
- Part 2. Interaction, influence, and accommodation. Buddhism challenged, adopted, and in disguise : Daoist and Buddhist interactions in medieval China / Gil Raz
- Roman allotment and the selection of bishops / Roberta Stewart
- Colonizing the supernatural : how Daimōn became demonized in late antiquity / Sze-kar Wan
- The taming of ghosts in early Chinese Buddhism / Mu-chou Poo
- Life and death : the development of nirvana images in the northern dynasties / Chuan-Ying Yen
- Part 3. Synthesis and assimilation. Ancient statues, Christian city : Constantinople and the Parastaseis Syntomoi Chronikai / Paroma Chatterjee
- Adaptation and assimilation of Buddhism in China as reflected in monastic architecture / Yin Zhou
- Understanding retribution in a changing religious landscape : the case of Yan Zhitui (531-591 CE) / Natasha Heller
- From superstitio to heresy : law and divine justice (fourth-fifth centuries CE) / Michele Renee Salzman
- Conclusion : comparative perspectives on China and Rome / Lisa Raphals.
