The Advent of the Buddhist Conception of Religion in China and its Consequences for the Analysis of Daoism

Barrett, T.H.

Abstract

Buddhism brought to China from India not only its conception of its own identity as a religious message superior to all others but also a conception of the place of other forms of religion in relation to that message. This type of analysis had not existed in China before, though there were Chinese ways of relating different traditions of thought to each other that Buddhists did adapt to their own purposes. Whatever language was used, however, the development of Buddhist conceptions of religion within the Chinese context was chiefly determined by the polemical context within which Buddhists operated.

Citation

Barrett, T. (2009). The Advent of the Buddhist Conception of Religion in China and its Consequences for the Analysis of Daoism. Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies, 9(2), 149-165

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jun 4, 2009
• Publication Date: Oct 1, 2009
• Deposit Date: Mar 24, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 24, 2025
• Journal: Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies
• Print ISSN: 1598-2661
• Electronic ISSN: 2586-0380
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 149-165
• Keywords: concepts of religion, Buddhist views of Daoism, religious terminology
• Publisher URL: https://sjeas.skku.edu/#/search/detail/4145