Shinran as Global Philosopher
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3243346 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sarah Mattice, Sarah A Mattice (0000-0003-3930-3642, University of North Florida, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 105 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-21 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel13020105 |
| OpenAlex | W4207061626 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 12 |
Gutoku Shinran 愚禿親鸞 (1173-1263) is one of Japan's most creative and influential thinkers. He is the (posthumous) founder of what ultimately became Jōdo Shinshū, better known today as Shin Buddhism, the most widely practiced form of Buddhism in Japan. Despite this, his work has not received the global attention of other historical Japanese philosophical figures such as Kūkai 空海 (774-835) or Dōgen 道元 (1200-1253). The relationships of influence between Shin Buddhism in general-or Shinran's work more specifically-and earlier Chinese sources, especially non-Buddhist sources, are complex, rarely examined in much detail, and often buried under layers of interpretive difficulties, made all the more challenging for contemporary Anglophone scholars by the ways in which Shin Buddhism has been marginalized in much of the philosophical scholarship on East Asian traditions. Exploring his work through a lens of connection to the broader Chinese philosophical landscape reveals new insights, both for our understanding of Shinran's philosophical project, and for contemporary comparative engagement across East Asian traditions, helping to resituate Shinran as a globally significant philosopher
Aesthetics · Buddhism · China · East Asia · Epistemology · Political science · Scholarship · Theology · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philosophy
Ziran and Wuwei in the Daodejing
Buddhist and Taoist Practice in Medieval Chinese Society
Chinese Pure Land Buddhism
Engaging Japanese Philosophy
The Invention of Religion in Japan
On Pure Land Buddhism and Ch'an/Pure Land Syncretism in Medieval China
On the Environmental Ethics of the Tao and the Ch’i
The Invention of World Religions
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