Contemporary Society | Japanese Buddhism

Contemporary Society: Japanese Buddhist history, Kamakura schools, and Critical Buddhism debates for comparative religion courses. Connects to Hong Kong and Chinese Buddhist cultural context.

Overview

Contemporary Society: Japanese Buddhist history, Kamakura schools, and Critical Buddhism debates for comparative religion courses. Connects to Hong Kong and Chinese Buddhist cultural context.

Key topics

  • Japanese Buddhism
  • Contemporary Society
  • Hong Kong Buddhism
  • Buddhist art
  • temple culture

Module

This page belongs to the Japanese Buddhism section.

Full article in Chinese

The complete scholarly article with extended analysis and primary-source citations is available in Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.

Further Reading

Art & culture

Buddhist art illustration

Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA

CBETA Scripture Links

CBETA reader interface is in Chinese; search results link to the scripture.

Further Academic Reading

Selected papers from the NTU Buddhist Digital Library (catalog titles may be in Chinese or Japanese).