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A Monastery in Time: The Making of Mongolian Buddhism
Caroline Humphrey
A Monastery in Time: The Making of Mongolian Buddhism
Caroline Humphrey
Describes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries.
424 pages, 6 halftones, 2 maps
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | July 15, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9780226031903 |
Publishers | The University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 440 |
Dimensions | 157 × 229 × 24 mm · 600 g |
Language | English |
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