This book is comprised of chapters written by scholars in Buddhist studies who represent diverse disciplinary approaches. It explores the historical forces, both external to and within the tradition of Therav¿da Buddhism and discusses how modern forms of Buddhist practice have emerged, in case studies from Nepal to Sri Lanka, Burma and Cambodia.
This book is comprised of chapters written by scholars in Buddhist studies who represent diverse disciplinary approaches. It explores the historical forces, both external to and within the tradition of Therav¿da Buddhism and discusses how modern forms of Buddhist practice have emerged, in case studies from Nepal to Sri Lanka, Burma and Cambodia.
Juliane Schober is Professor for Religious Studies and Director of the Center for Asian Research at Arizona State University, US. Steven Collins is Chester D. Tripp Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago, US.
Inhaltsangabe
Part I: Therav da as a Historical Construct 1. Therav da Buddhist Civilizations and their Modern Formations, Juliane Schober and Steven Collins 2. Periodizing Therav da: Where to start?, Steven Collins 3. The Impact of the Science-Religion Bifurcation on the Landscape of Modern Therav da Meditation, Kate Crosby Part II: Local Cultures and Buddhist Vernaculars in Colonial Modernity 4. Buddhist Religious Culture and Processes of Modernization in Sri Lanka, John Clifford Holt 5. Buddhist Communities of Belonging in Early Twentieth Century Cambodia, Anne Hansen 6. What Therav da Does: Thoughts on a Term from the Perspective of the Study of Post-Colonial Nepal, Christoph Emmrich Part III: Therav da Buddhist Practices in the Contemporary World 7. The Rhetoric of Authenticity: Modernity and 'True Buddhism' in Sri Lanka, Stephen C. Berkwitz 8. Portrait of the Artist as a Buddhist Man, Ashley Thompson 9. 'Conscripts' of Chinese Modernity? Transformations of Therav da Buddhism in Southwest China in the Reform Era, Thomas Borchert
Part I: Therav da as a Historical Construct 1. Therav da Buddhist Civilizations and their Modern Formations, Juliane Schober and Steven Collins 2. Periodizing Therav da: Where to start?, Steven Collins 3. The Impact of the Science-Religion Bifurcation on the Landscape of Modern Therav da Meditation, Kate Crosby Part II: Local Cultures and Buddhist Vernaculars in Colonial Modernity 4. Buddhist Religious Culture and Processes of Modernization in Sri Lanka, John Clifford Holt 5. Buddhist Communities of Belonging in Early Twentieth Century Cambodia, Anne Hansen 6. What Therav da Does: Thoughts on a Term from the Perspective of the Study of Post-Colonial Nepal, Christoph Emmrich Part III: Therav da Buddhist Practices in the Contemporary World 7. The Rhetoric of Authenticity: Modernity and 'True Buddhism' in Sri Lanka, Stephen C. Berkwitz 8. Portrait of the Artist as a Buddhist Man, Ashley Thompson 9. 'Conscripts' of Chinese Modernity? Transformations of Therav da Buddhism in Southwest China in the Reform Era, Thomas Borchert
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