Democracy's Dharma: Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan

by Richard Madsen

Book Overview

This book explores the remarkable religious renaissance that has reformed, revitalized, and renewed the practices of Buddhism and Daoism in Taiwan. Democracy's Dharma connects these noteworthy developments to Taiwan's transition to democracy and the burgeoning needs of its new middle classes. Richard Madsen offers fresh thinking on Asian religions and shows that the public religious revival was not only encouraged by the early phases of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520252284
• ISBN13: 9780520252288
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"