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 way...
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| Language: | English |
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Society for the Study of Global Buddhism
2022-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Global Buddhism |
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| Online Access: | https://www.globalbuddhism.org/article/view/1989 |