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History Of Uyghur Buddhism eBook

de Johan Elverskog
idioma: inglês
Editor: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS, junho de 2024 ‧
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Today, most Uyghurs are Muslims. For centuries, however, Uyghurs were Buddhists. By around 1000 CE, they, like many of their neighbors, had decisively turned toward the Dharma, and a golden age of Uyghur Buddhism flourished under the Mongol empire. Dwelling along the Silk Road in what is now northwestern China, they stood at the center of Buddhist Eurasia, linking far-flung regions and traditions. But as Muslim power grew, Uyghur Buddhists converted to Islam, rewriting their past and erasing their Buddhist history.

This book presents the first comprehensive history of Buddhism among the Uyghurs from the ninth to the seventeenth century. Johan Elverskog traces how the Uyghurs forged their distinctive tradition, considering a variety of social, political, cultural, and religious contexts. He argues that the religious history of the Uyghurs challenges conventional narratives of the meeting of Buddhism and Islam, showing that conversion took place gradually and was driven by factors such as geopolitics, climate change, and technological innovation. Elverskog also provides a nuanced understanding of lived Buddhism, focusing on ritual practices and materiality as well as the religion’s entanglements with economics, politics, and violence. A groundbreaking history of Uyghur Buddhism, this book makes a compelling case for the importance of the Uyghurs in shaping the course of both Buddhist and Asian history.

History Of Uyghur Buddhism

de Johan Elverskog

Propriedade Descrição
ISBN: 9780231560696
Editor: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
Data de Lançamento: junho de 2024
Idioma: Inglês
Tipo de produto: eBook
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Classificação Temática: eBooks em Inglês > História > História da Ásia
eBooks em Inglês > Religião e Moral > Budismo e Xintoísmo
eBooks em Inglês > Guias Turísticos e Mapas > Ásia, Pacífico e Oceânia
EAN: 9780231560696
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