03775nam 2200781Ia 450 991078837210332120211012022756.00-8122-2259-81-283-89741-50-8122-0531-610.9783/9780812205312(CKB)3170000000046631(OCoLC)794700582(CaPaEBR)ebrary10576136(SSID)ssj0000810553(PQKBManifestationID)12381605(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000810553(PQKBWorkID)10846316(PQKB)10093844(MdBmJHUP)muse8256(DE-B1597)449388(OCoLC)979622987(OCoLC)999354242(DE-B1597)9780812205312(Au-PeEL)EBL3441695(CaPaEBR)ebr10576136(CaONFJC)MIL420991(MiAaPQ)EBC3441695(EXLCZ)99317000000004663120091022d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierBuddhism and Islam on the Silk Road[electronic resource] /Johan ElverskogPhiladelphia University of Pennsylvania Pressc20101 online resourceEncounters with Asia0-8122-4237-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --INTRODUCTION --CHAPTER ONE Contact --CHAPTER TWO Understanding --CHAPTER THREE Idolatry --CHAPTER FOUR Jihad --CHAPTER FIVE Halal --CONCLUSION --NOTES --Index --ACKNOWLEDGMENTSIn 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 meetings between Buddhists and Muslims along the Silk Road from Iran to China over more than a millennium, Johan Elverskog reveals that this long encounter was actually one of profound cross-cultural exchange in which two religious traditions were not only enriched but transformed in many ways.Encounters with Asia.IslamRelationsBuddhismBuddhismRelationsIslamIslamSilk RoadHistoryBuddhismSilk RoadHistoryAsiaReligionAfrican Studies.Asian Studies.History.Middle Eastern Studies.Religion.Religious Studies.IslamRelationsBuddhism.BuddhismRelationsIslam.IslamHistory.BuddhismHistory.294.3/35095Elverskog Johan646293MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788372103321Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road3840598UNINA