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Jack Meng-Tat Chia is the Foo Hai Associate Professor in Buddhist Studies at the National University of Singapore, where he serves as the founding chair of the Buddhist Studies Group.
Jack Meng-Tat Chia, the leading scholar in Buddhist diplomacy in Asia, has brought us a wholly original and fascinating volume about the myriad ways Buddhist monks, royalty, and prominent laity have knit together the Buddhist world through subtle forms of ritual co-performance to overt forms of power politics. From traveling Tibetan lamas to Thai princesses, from Indian visionaries to Vietnamese meditation masters — readers learn how variegated these go-betweens' agendas can be and how creatively they enact their agendas. I highly recommend it to anyone interested in Buddhist history and politics. * Justin Thomas McDaniel, University of Pennsylvania, USA * Figures of Buddhist Diplomacy in Modern Asia brings much-needed scholarly attention to the complex intersections of religion and diplomacy. This impressive collection shows how Buddhist actors, both monastic and political, have shaped modern Asia’s international engagements in surprising and consequential ways. A landmark contribution to multiple fields. * Juyan Zhang, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA *
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