Buddhism Under Mao

by Holmes H. Welch

Buddhism under Mao shows what kind of a problem Buddhism presented to the Chinese Communists and how they solved it. Relying largely on materials from the Mainland press, Holmes Welch has made what is probably the most detailed study so far available of the fate of a world religion in a Communist country. He describes how Buddhist institutions were controlled, protected, utilized, and suppressed; and explains why the larger needs of foreign...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674085655
• ISBN13: 9780674085657
• Release Date: January 1972
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 690 Pages
• Weight: 2.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"