{"product_id":"the-science-of-chinese-buddhism-erik-j-hammerstrom-9780231170345","title":"The Science of Chinese Buddhism: Early Twentieth-Century Engagements","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKexue\u003c\/i\u003e, or science, captured the Chinese imagination in the early twentieth century, promising new knowledge about the world and a dynamic path to prosperity. Chinese Buddhists embraced scientific language and ideas to carve out a place for their religion within a rapidly modernizing society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExamining dozens of previously unstudied writings from the Chinese Buddhist press, this book maps Buddhists' efforts to rethink their traditions through science in the initial decades of the twentieth century. Buddhists believed science offered an exciting, alternative route to knowledge grounded in empirical thought, much like their own. They encouraged young scholars to study subatomic and relativistic physics while still maintaining Buddhism's vital illumination of human nature and its crucial support of an ethical system rooted in radical egalitarianism. Showcasing the rich and progressive steps Chinese religious scholars took in adapting to science's rising authority, this volume offers a key perspective on how a major Eastern power transitioned to modernity in the twentieth century and how its intellectuals anticipated many of the ideas debated by scholars of science and Buddhism today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erik J. Hammerstrom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231170343\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231170345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2015","brand":"Erik J. Hammerstrom","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44074721607935,"sku":"9780231170345","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_14b13e90-96a3-45b6-8d86-6cba0de248f6.jpg?v=1685455391","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-science-of-chinese-buddhism-erik-j-hammerstrom-9780231170345","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}