Buddhism in Taiwan: religion and the state, 1660-1990

by Charles Brewer Jones

The first work in a Western language to examine the institutional and political history of Chinese Buddhism in Taiwan.

Genres: Buddhism

304 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1999

Reviews

[mkmk · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is split into three parts: Buddhism before Japanese colonial rule, Buddhism during, and Buddhism after.
I read the first half of the book until the end of Japanese colonial rule, which I needed for my essay. I might finish it someday because it's really well written and educational.

[Jessica Zu · Rating 4 out of 5]

a classic for studying Taiwanese Buddhism, with careful discernments of doctrinal variations embedded in the complex institutional history of Taiwanese Buddhism.