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Gender Conflicts in Contemporary Korean Buddhism

Religions, 2023
Scholars have observed that Korean Buddhist nuns have a relatively high social status compared to nuns of other Asian countries, much like their sisters in Taiwan. It is a source of great pride for many Korean bhikṣuṇīs that their community operates with
Eun-su Cho
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The Tension Between Buddhism and Science Within Contemporary Chinese Buddhists: A Case Study on the Religious Conversion Narrative Among Monastics in Larung Gar Buddhist Academy

Religions
This article delves into the perception of monastics from Larung Gar Buddhist Academy of Western China concerning the intertwining relationship between Buddhism and science, along with the impact of this perception on their worldview and life trajectory.
Yingxu Liu, Saiping An
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Korean Buddhism in the Era of ‘Spiritual, but Not Religious’: Adapting to Contemporary Society

Religions
The shift toward modernity has come with many changes that affect religion. This article investigates some of those changes with the aim of showing how Korean Buddhism is adjusting to contemporary spirituality.
Brian D. Somers
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['Adapting the Dharma: Buddhism and Contemporary Theatre Training']

Journal of Global Buddhism, 2018
Langzeitarchivierung durch: Zentral- und Hochschulbibliothek Luzern - zhb:lory_unilu_10_5281_zenodo_1683670 - 2025-07 ...
Deborah Middleton, Daniel Plá
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SAMANAM IN ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY SOURCES COLLECTING AND STUDYING [PDF]

مجلة جامعة الأنبار للعلوم الإسلامية, 2022
This research is concerning with the study of Samanam religion that mentioned in ancient and contemporary sources. It is aimed to identify and trace Samanam in ancient and contemporary sources and collect related data and information to study and compare
Assist. Prof. Dr. Abdulghani bin Hammad Al-Zahrani ALZAHRANI
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Women contribution to the development of Buddhism in Latvia [PDF]

SHS Web of Conferences, 2020
Buddhism is one of the fastest growing and popular religions in the West which connects people of different ages and social classes. The significant role in the historical transmission of Buddhism to the West and in shaping a distinctively Western form ...
Laudere Marika
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The Buddhism and Psychology Discourse: A Hermeneutic

Journal of Global Buddhism, 2022
A primary conceptual framework for Buddhism in contemporary popular religious culture is as a kind of psychology. This representation dates from the nineteenth century, when apologists took advantage of the new cultural discourse of psychology to explain
Richard K. Payne
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Coming to Terms with “Engaged Buddhism”: Periodizing, Provincializing, and Politicizing the Concept

Journal of Global Buddhism, 2022
Whatever happened to “Engaged Buddhism”? Twenty years after a flurry of publication placing this global movement firmly on the map, enthusiasm for the term itself appears to have evaporated.
Alexander O. Hsu
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Shinran as Global Philosopher

Religions, 2022
Gutoku Shinran 愚禿親鸞 (1173–1263) is one of Japan’s most creative and influential thinkers. He is the (posthumous) founder of what ultimately became Jōdo Shinshū, better known today as Shin Buddhism, the most widely practiced form of Buddhism in Japan ...
Sarah Mattice
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Anmeldelse af Brill’s Encyclopedia of Buddhism og The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism

Religionsvidenskabeligt Tidsskrift, 2020
Anmeldelse af Brill’s Encyclopedia of Buddhism og The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary ...
Jørn Borup
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