Pong, Seong Teresa. / Thesis submitted in: October 2006. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 170-173). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Chapter Chapter1: --- Introduction --- p.1 / The Symbols --- p.1 / Thesis Objectives --- p.11 / Literature Review --- p.15 / Research Methods --- p.26 / Summary --- p.32 / Chapter Chapter 2: --- "The ""Modernization"" of Hong Kong Buddhism" --- p.40 / Modernized Buddhism closer to home --- p.41 / F6 Guang Shan --- p.42 / Dharma Drum Mountain [Fagu Shan Education Foundation] --- p.46 / ClJT Gongdehui --- p.49 / What are they teaching? --- p.50 / Independent Religiosity --- p.54 / The impact of TBO's in Hong Kong --- p.58 / """Cultural Buddhism"" of Chi Lin" --- p.62 / Chapter Chapter 3: --- The Rise of Chi Lin Nunnery --- p.67 / Chi Lin's History --- p.67 / The Tang Dynasty Reproduction --- p.73 / Chi Lin's attempt to replicate the past --- p.75 / Discussion on the architecture of the redeveloped Chi Lin Nunnery --- p.80 / The Other Hardware - The Hammer Hill Road Garden --- p.82 / The Significance of Chinese Temples' Surroundings --- p.85 / The Software - Services offered --- p.88 / The Designer and her Team --- p.92 / What do the outsiders think? --- p.100 / Summary --- p.101 / Chapter Chapter 4: --- The Proselytes --- p.104 / Why Buddhism? --- p.104 / Conversion to Buddhism --- p.108 / From Folk Religion to Buddhism --- p.110 / From Christianity to Buddhism --- p.117 / The Rites of Passages with divisions in beliefs --- p.125 / Summary --- p.129 / Chapter Chapter 5 - --- Conclusion --- p.136 / Proselytes: Who was the instigator? --- p.136 / The two major groups of proselytes --- p.137 / Social Leveling in Hong Kong --- p.140 / The Concept of Belief Intensity Cycles --- p.144 / The Role of Chi Lin Nunnery --- p.153 / Conclusion --- p.156 / Appendix 1 --- p.166 / Bibliography --- p.170
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325853 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Contributors | Pong, Seong Teresa, Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Anthropology. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, v, 173 leaves ; 30 cm. |
| Coverage | China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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