Reformist Buddhist Groups in the Late Meiji Era and Their Relationship to Christianity

This paper explores the attitude towards Christianity among the so-called “New Buddhists” in the late Meiji era, i.e. members and sympathizers of the reformist Buddhist groups Keiikai and Bukkyō seito dōshikai. Whereas an anti-Christian attitude prevailed among Buddhist intellectuals up to the 1880s...

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Main Author: Monika Schrimpf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ksiegarnia Akademicka Publishing 2019-09-01
Series:Relacje Międzykulturowe
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Online Access:https://journals.akademicka.pl/relacje/article/view/1250