{"product_id":"anarchy-in-the-pure-land-justin-ritzinger-9780190491161","title":"Anarchy in the Pure Land: Reinventing the Cult of Maitreya in Modern Chinese Buddhism","description":"\u003cem\u003eAnarchy in the Pure Land\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the twentieth-century reinvention of the cult of Maitreya, the future Buddha, conceived by the reformer Taixu and promoted by the Chinese Buddhist reform movement. The cult presents an apparent anomaly: It shows precisely the kind of concern for ritual, supernatural beings, and the afterlife that the reformers supposedly rejected in the name of \"modernity.\" This book shows that, rather than a concession to tradition, the reimagining of ideas and practices associated with Maitreya was an important site for formulating a Buddhist vision of modernity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJustin Ritzinger argues that the cult of Maitreya represents an attempt to articulate a new constellation of values, integrating novel understandings of the good, clustered around modern visions of utopia, with the central Buddhist goal of Buddhahood. In Part One he traces the roots of this constellation to Taixu's youthful career as an anarchist. Part Two examines its articulation in the Maitreya School's theology and its social development from its inception to World War II. Part Three looks at its subsequent decline and contemporary legacy within and beyond orthodox Buddhism. Through these investigations, \u003cem\u003eAnarchy in the Pure Land\u003c\/em\u003e develops a new framework for alternative understandings of modernity in Buddhism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Justin Ritzinger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190491167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190491161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford Univ PR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/28\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.10w x 1.20d","brand":"Justin Ritzinger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46962481234175,"sku":"9780190491161","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ff802b1e-fe53-418f-86cd-9d2b07ec0ed2.jpg?v=1750651575","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/anarchy-in-the-pure-land-justin-ritzinger-9780190491161","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}