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## [The Shaolin Monastery: History, Religion, and the Chinese Martial Arts by Meir Shahar](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/t/the-shaolin-monastery-history-religion-and-the-chinese-martial-arts-by-meir-shahar/42140)

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**Author:** [@GeneChing](https://forum.kungfumagazine.com/u/GeneChing)\
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This is the third work that I discussed in The Shaolin Avant Garde: Three New Books Bring Fresh Perspectives on Shaolin Temple in our 2007 January/February issue. The first was Matt Polly’s American Shaolin. The second…