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| 0687-4470-01 | Buddho-Daoism: Religious Competition and Interaction in Medi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 4.0
Course description
Buddho-Daoism: Religious Competition and Interaction in Medieval China and Modern Taiwan
MA/Advanced Seminar
While competing for adherents, Buddhism and Daoism in traditional China developed in close and complex interactions that produced various complicated and difficult to define religious phenomena. Daoists and Buddhists adopted and appropriated each other’s ideas and practices to such an extent that many scriptures and ritual are sometimes near impossible to differentiate. Religious communities often followed practices and produced artifacts that incorporated basic ideas from both traditions. Such syntheses are apparent in scriptures that exist in both Daoist and Buddhist versions; Daoist and Buddhist texts that appropriate ideas from the rival tradition while rejecting it; healing, apotropaic, and meditative practices; talismans and images. In recent years, the study of these complex phenomena has produced a new field of study: Buddho-Daoism. This course examines the various manifestations of Buddho-Daoist religious traditions in medieval China and their impact on modern religion in Taiwan.
MA/Advanced Seminar
While competing for adherents, Buddhism and Daoism in traditional China developed in close and complex interactions that produced various complicated and difficult to define religious phenomena. Daoists and Buddhists adopted and appropriated each other’s ideas and practices to such an extent that many scriptures and ritual are sometimes near impossible to differentiate. Religious communities often followed practices and produced artifacts that incorporated basic ideas from both traditions. Such syntheses are apparent in scriptures that exist in both Daoist and Buddhist versions; Daoist and Buddhist texts that appropriate ideas from the rival tradition while rejecting it; healing, apotropaic, and meditative practices; talismans and images. In recent years, the study of these complex phenomena has produced a new field of study: Buddho-Daoism. This course examines the various manifestations of Buddho-Daoist religious traditions in medieval China and their impact on modern religion in Taiwan.