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UNINA9910812018703321 |
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Autore |
Elverskog Johan |
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Titolo |
Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road / / Johan Elverskog |
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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0-8122-2259-8 |
1-283-89741-5 |
0-8122-0531-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Islam - Relations - Buddhism |
Buddhism - Relations - Islam |
Islam - Silk Road - History |
Buddhism - Silk Road - History |
Asia Religion |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE Contact -- CHAPTER TWO Understanding -- CHAPTER THREE Idolatry -- CHAPTER FOUR Jihad -- CHAPTER FIVE Halal -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Index -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the contemporary world the meeting of Buddhism and Islam is most often imagined as one of violent confrontation. Indeed, the Taliban's destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas in 2001 seemed not only to reenact the infamous Muslim destruction of Nalanda monastery in the thirteenth century but also to reaffirm the stereotypes of Buddhism as a peaceful, rational philosophy and Islam as an inherently violent and irrational religion. But if Buddhist-Muslim history was simply repeated instances of Muslim militants attacking representations of the Buddha, how had the Bamiyan Buddha statues survived thirteen hundred years of Muslim rule? Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road demonstrates that the history of Buddhist-Muslim interaction is much richer and more complex than many assume. This groundbreaking book covers Inner Asia from the eighth century through the Mongol empire and to the end of the Qing dynasty in the late nineteenth century. By exploring the |
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