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Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road
Johan Elverskog
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Description for Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road
Paperback. This groundbreaking work challenges contemporary stereotypes by revealing how both Buddhist and Muslim religious traditions were shaped by a millennium of cross-cultural exchange along the Silk Road from Iran to China. Series: Encounters with Asia. Num Pages: 352 pages, 48 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; HRAF; HRE; HRH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506.
In the contemporary world the meeting of Buddhism and Islam is most often imagined as one of violent confrontation. Indeed, the Taliban's destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in 2001 seemed not only to reenact the infamous Muslim destruction of Nalanda monastery in the thirteenth century but also to reaffirm the stereotypes of Buddhism as a peaceful, rational philosophy and Islam as an inherently violent and irrational religion. But if Buddhist-Muslim history was simply repeated instances of Muslim militants attacking representations of the Buddha, how had the Bamiyan Buddha statues survived thirteen hundred years of Muslim rule? ... Read more
In the contemporary world the meeting of Buddhism and Islam is most often imagined as one of violent confrontation. Indeed, the Taliban's destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in 2001 seemed not only to reenact the infamous Muslim destruction of Nalanda monastery in the thirteenth century but also to reaffirm the stereotypes of Buddhism as a peaceful, rational philosophy and Islam as an inherently violent and irrational religion. But if Buddhist-Muslim history was simply repeated instances of Muslim militants attacking representations of the Buddha, how had the Bamiyan Buddha statues survived thirteen hundred years of Muslim rule? ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Encounters with Asia
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812222593
SKU
V9780812222593
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About Johan Elverskog
Johan Elverskog is Altshuler University Distinguished Teaching Professor and Chair of the Religious Studies Department at Southern Methodist University.
Reviews for Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road
This is the most thorough treatment I have seen of the historical relationship between Buddhism and Islam. Elverskog skillfully and often entertainingly corrects many longstanding stereotypes about both religions, and richly demonstrates the complexity of their historical interaction with each other. This book is thoughtful, its arguments well supported, and its style very accessible. -Richard Foltz, author of Religions of ... Read more