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The Big Picture: Religion and Global Comparative History

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article considers what a ‘big picture’ approach to global religious history might look like, and in particular the implications of deploying the comparative method across much larger stretches of time and space than historians normally attend to. It will begin by reflecting on the epistemological moods that have hindered this project to date, the ...
Alan Strathern
wiley   +1 more source

Buddhism in the Nordic Countries

open access: yes
This book provides new unprecedented research on Buddhism in the five Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Aiming at comparisons between the different Nordic countries, the chapters identify possible unique characteristics of ...

core   +1 more source

Sri Lankan chronicles, Chinese pilgrims and the nineteenth‐century hierarchy of texts in the construction of early Buddhist geography

open access: yesJournal of Religious History, EarlyView.
This article examines how nineteenth‐century scholars reconstructed the geography of early Buddhism through a historically contingent hierarchy of texts that privileged Chinese monastic travelogues over Sri Lankan Buddhist chronicles. Focusing on the relationship between the Pāli vaṃsa literature—especially the Dīpavaṃsa and Mahāvaṃsa—and Chinese ...
Bhadrajee Hewage
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction: Buddhism and Resilience

open access: yes, 2021
article published in Journal of Global Buddhism; Vol 22, No 1 ...
Gajaweera, Nalika, DeAngelo, Darcie
core   +1 more source

Integrating Conversational AI and Interactive Projection Mapping for Cultural Heritage Interpretation: A Framework and Pilot Evaluation

open access: yesBig Data and Cognitive Computing
Cultural heritage interpretation requires communicating relationships among physical locations, historical narratives, and symbolic meanings while accommodating diverse visitor information needs.
Ponsan Siridechanont   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract Monarchy, as the world's oldest and most enduring form of political organization, is an area that has attracted the attention of scholars from a range of disciplines. Two connected and complementary fields embody this interdisciplinary study of monarchy and monarchies: royal studies, which takes an all‐encompassing approach to monarchy, and ...
Jonathan Spangler, Elena Woodacre
wiley   +1 more source

SEJARAH SINGKAT MASUK DAN BERKEMBANGNYA AGAMA BUDHA DI SUMATERA SELATAN

open access: yesJurnal Ilmu Agama: Mengkaji Doktrin, Pemikiran, dan Fenomena Agama, 2016
The almost comprehensive note about Buddhism in The Archipelago is written by I’tsing. The note was made in 672 when he had stayed for six month in Sriwijaya to learn Sanskrit before he learned Buddhism in India. From the note, it is known that Srivijaya
Nur Fitriyana
doaj   +1 more source

Mitigating Human–Large Carnivore Conflicts via Time‐Regulated Management of Free‐Ranging Livestock in the Sanjiangyuan Region, China

open access: yesIntegrative Zoology, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract illustrates the comprehensive workflow of our study, from the deployment of infrared cameras at sites with high activity of four large carnivores, through data collection and assessment of activity patterns, to the prediction of time periods with potential human–large carnivore conflicts and the proposal of corresponding ...
Dong Wang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction: Buddhism and Economics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
article published in Journal of Global Buddhism; Vol 20 ...
Williams-Oerberg, Elizabeth
core   +1 more source

KARAKORAM HIMALAYAS AND CENTRAL ASIA. THE BUDDHIST CONNECTION

open access: yesRUDN Journal of World History, 2018
The Karakoram-Himalayan region is the cradle from where ancient Indian culture including Buddhism spread to different directions in Central Asia, East Asia and South East Asia.
K Warikoo
doaj   +1 more source

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