Among one of the older sub-fields in Buddhist Studies, the study of Therav¿da Buddhism is undergoing a revival by contemporary scholars who are revising long-held conventional views of the tradition while undertaking new approaches and engaging new subject matter.
Among one of the older sub-fields in Buddhist Studies, the study of Therav¿da Buddhism is undergoing a revival by contemporary scholars who are revising long-held conventional views of the tradition while undertaking new approaches and engaging new subject matter.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Stephen C. Berkwitz is Professor and Head of the Department of Religious Studies, Missouri State University, USA. His research is focused on the literature and cultural history of Sri Lankan Buddhism. He has published South Asian Buddhism: A Survey (Routledge 2009) and is the editor of the Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism series. Ashley Thompson is Hiram W. Woodward Chair in Southeast Asian Art at SOAS, University of London, UK. She is a specialist in Southeast Asian Cultural Histories, with particular expertise on premodern Cambodian arts. Her most recent monograph is Engendering the Buddhist State: Territory, Sovereignty and Sexual Difference in the Inventions of Angkor (Routledge 2016).
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Introduction PART I - Ideas/Ideals 1. "THERAV DA": Sectarianism and Diversity in Mah vih ra Historiography 2. P LI: Its Place in the Therav da Buddhist Tradition 3. CIRCULATIONS: Linked Spaces and Divergent Temporalities in the P li World 4. STATECRAFT: From Buddhist Kingship to Modern States 5. REFORM: Ideas and Events in Modern Therav da Reformism 6. TRADITION: Nuns and "Therav da" in Sri Lanka PART II - Practices/Persons 7. MERIT: Ritual Giving and Its Cultural Meditations 8. MEDITATION: Techniques and Processes of Transformation 9. REPETITION: P li Iterations of Ritual Commitment, Commentarial Refrain, and Assiduous Practice 10. FILIAL PIETY: Shades of Difference across Therav din traditions 11. LAITY: Status, Role and Practice in Therav da 12. DISCIPLINE: Beyond the Vinaya 13. FUNERALS: Changing Funerary Practices PART III - Texts/Teachings 14. CANONS: Authoritative Texts of the Theraväsa 15. ABHIDHAMMA: Therav da Thought in Relation to Sarv stiv da Thought 16. VA SA: History and Lineage in the Therav da 17. MERIT: Ten Ways of Making Merit in Therav da Exegetical Literature and Contemporary Sri Lanka 18. BILINGUALISM: Therav da Bitexts across South and Southeast Asia PART IV - Images/Imaginations 19. VISUAL NARRATIVES: Buddha Life Stories in the 'Medieval Therav da' of Southeast Asia 20. ICONS: Standing out from the Narrative in Therav din Art 21. AFFECT: Notes from Contemporary Southeast Asian Visual Culture 22. DEITIES: Supernatural Forces in Therav da Buddhist Religious Cultures 23. MONS: Creating a Narrative of the Origins of Therav da
Introduction PART I - Ideas/Ideals 1. "THERAV DA": Sectarianism and Diversity in Mah vih ra Historiography 2. P LI: Its Place in the Therav da Buddhist Tradition 3. CIRCULATIONS: Linked Spaces and Divergent Temporalities in the P li World 4. STATECRAFT: From Buddhist Kingship to Modern States 5. REFORM: Ideas and Events in Modern Therav da Reformism 6. TRADITION: Nuns and "Therav da" in Sri Lanka PART II - Practices/Persons 7. MERIT: Ritual Giving and Its Cultural Meditations 8. MEDITATION: Techniques and Processes of Transformation 9. REPETITION: P li Iterations of Ritual Commitment, Commentarial Refrain, and Assiduous Practice 10. FILIAL PIETY: Shades of Difference across Therav din traditions 11. LAITY: Status, Role and Practice in Therav da 12. DISCIPLINE: Beyond the Vinaya 13. FUNERALS: Changing Funerary Practices PART III - Texts/Teachings 14. CANONS: Authoritative Texts of the Theraväsa 15. ABHIDHAMMA: Therav da Thought in Relation to Sarv stiv da Thought 16. VA SA: History and Lineage in the Therav da 17. MERIT: Ten Ways of Making Merit in Therav da Exegetical Literature and Contemporary Sri Lanka 18. BILINGUALISM: Therav da Bitexts across South and Southeast Asia PART IV - Images/Imaginations 19. VISUAL NARRATIVES: Buddha Life Stories in the 'Medieval Therav da' of Southeast Asia 20. ICONS: Standing out from the Narrative in Therav din Art 21. AFFECT: Notes from Contemporary Southeast Asian Visual Culture 22. DEITIES: Supernatural Forces in Therav da Buddhist Religious Cultures 23. MONS: Creating a Narrative of the Origins of Therav da
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