Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.31337/oz.74.4.4

The Jesuits and Buddhism in Croatia

Tomislav Špiranec orcid.org/0009-0007-3473-6429 ; Faculty of Philosophy and Religious Studies, University of Zagreb

Abstract

The article focuses on contacts between the Jesuits and Buddhists in Croatia. Documents suggest that the first contact occurred beginning in the seventeenth century on the level of ideas, on the level of practices from the 1960s onward, while the first Buddhist institutions were established in Croatia in 1990. This study shows that Jesuits actively participated in the spreading of Buddhist ideas, practices, and institutions through missionary reports and through outreach and study. Buddhist ideas and practices are evident, surprisingly, in many facets of contemporary Croatian society.

Keywords

Jesuits; Buddhism; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

227167

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/227167

Publication date:

8.11.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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