Tinker, Tailor, Scholar, Spy: Holmes Welch, Buddhism, and the Cold War
Drawing on archival research and oral history, this article examines the career of Holmes Welch (1921-1981). Welch is a towering figure in the study of Buddhism whose trilogy on modern Chinese Buddhism stood as the definitive work on the topic for decades and remains a touchstone today. In many ways...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Journal of global buddhism
Year: 2021, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 421-441 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Welch, Holmes H. 1924-1981
/ China
/ Buddhism
/ Research
/ East-West conflict
/ Anti-communism
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BL Buddhism KBM Asia NCD Political ethics TK Recent history |
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Modern Buddhism
B Cold War B Area Studies B Buddhist Studies B China B Welch B Asia Foundation B Holmes B World Fellowship of Buddhists |
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