Taiwan’s Tzu Chi as Engaged Buddhism: Origins, Organization, Appeal and Social Impact

Yao, Yu-shuang

著者

Yao, Yu-shuang

出版年月日

2012.05.16

ページ

244

出版者

Brill

出版サイト

https://brill.com/

出版地

Leiden, the Netherlands [萊登, 荷蘭]

資料の種類

書籍=Book

言語

英文=English

ノート

Yu-Shuang Yao, Ph.D. (2001) in Sociology of Religion, University of London, is Associate Professor at Fo Guang University, Taiwan. She has published various articles in Chinese and won scholarships from the CCK, International Scholarly Exchange for Thesis Fellowship (1997), and the Fulbright American Study (2004).

抄録

This book is the first comprehensive sociological account and in-depth analysis of a new Chinese Buddhist movement, known as Tzu Chi (otherwise, the Buddhist Compassion Merit Society). Based in Taiwan, it was founded in 1966 and still led by a female Buddhist master – Master Cheng Yen. Its members are laity, and women play a major role. The main focus of the movement is medical charity – to ease and if possible prevent suffering and to teach ethics to the wealthy; at the same time, it also offers members a religion and a way of life. Recruitment typically attracts people from the urban middle class. With some 3.5 million members and a very low drop-out rate, Tzu Chi is extraordinarily successful, and has spread to other parts of the world, not least mainland China where it is attracting the attention of the general public and the media.

The book stands in the Anglo-American tradition of the sociology of religion; it also draws on the author’s knowledge of Buddhist history. The data come from participant observation and many long interviews. It will be of particular interest to students of new religious movements, religious studies in contemporary China, and studies in ethics and social change in East Asia.

Preliminary Material i - xix

Introduction: The Second Golden Age of Chinese Buddhism in Taiwan 1 - 36
Research Approach and Methods 37 - 58
The History of Tzu Chi: Organization, Leadership and Public Responses 59 - 79
Teachings and Practices: Altruism and Morality Become a Way of Life 80 - 104
The ‘New Middle Class’: The Social Composition of the Tzu Chi Membership 105 - 128
Becoming a Disciple: The Recruiting Strategy of Tzu Chi 129 - 152
Tzu Chi’s Organizational Structure and the Process of Socialization 153 - 180
The Appeal of Tzu Chi Buddhism 181 - 212
Does Tzu Chi Meet the Expectations of Current Sociological Theory? 213 - 225

Afterword 227 - 230
Appendix 231 - 232
Bibliography 233 - 240
Index 241 - 243

ISBN

9789004217478 (hc); 9789004231320 (eb); 9004217479 (hc)

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