Religion as practices of attachment and materiality: the making of Buddhism in contemporary London [PDF]
Culture and Religion, 2016 This article aims to explore Buddhism’s often-overlooked presence on London’s urban landscape, showing how its quietness and subtlety of approach has allowed the faith to grow largely beneath the radar. It argues that Buddhism makes claims to urban space
Barker Eileen +35 more
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Korean Buddhism in the Era of ‘Spiritual, but Not Religious’: Adapting to Contemporary Society
ReligionsThe 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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Taiwanese Nuns and Education Issues in Contemporary Taiwan
Religions, 2022 In this article, I discuss the Buddhist educational profile of nuns in contemporary Taiwan by introducing the development of monastic education for women.
Yu-Chen Li
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Almost a proper Buddhist : the post-secular complexity of heritage Buddhist teen identity in Britain [PDF]
, 2014 This qualitative study explores how Buddhist affiliation relates to practice, how Buddhist teens define and experience their religious identity and which sociological paradigms are helpful in understanding the dynamics of Buddhist teen identity.
Thanissaro, Phra Nicholas
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Buddhism and Animal Ethics [PDF]
, 2017 This article provides a philosophical overview of some of the central Buddhist positions and argument regarding animal welfare. It introduces the Buddha's teaching of ahiṃsā or non-violence and rationally reconstructs five arguments from the context of ...
Finnigan, Bronwyn
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Flows and Counterflows of Buddhism ‘South of the West’: Australia, New Zealand and Hawai‘i
Journal of Global Buddhism, 2022 Introduction to the JGB Special Focus section, "Flows and Counterflows of Buddhism ‘South of the West’: Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaiʻi." In this special issue, we endeavour to explore horizontal flows and counter flows of Buddhism on ‘paths less ...
Anna Halafoff +2 more
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Book Review: \u3ci\u3eThe Truth Within: A History of Inwardness in Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism\u3c/i\u3e [PDF]
, 2015 Book review of The Truth Within: A History of Inwardness in Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Gavin Flood.
Hillgardner, Holly
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Umandawa: Buddhist Transformation in Modern Sri Lanka
Religions, 2023 Charismatic Buddhist monks are instrumental in modernising Buddhism as they have been entrusted with an important role of resurrecting religion and Sinhala society throughout the course of Sri Lankan history. Ven. Pitaduwe Siridhamma, later known as Siri
Gihani De Silva
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Buddhism and modernity: in the margin of Donald S. Lopez Jr.’S “Buddhism and Science” [PDF]
, 2016 The present article aims at setting the issue of the relationship between Buddhism and science in a historical and philosophical frame wider than that took into account by the international scholarship so far.
LO TURCO, Bruno
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Religions, 2018 The revival of Buddhism in Korea began in the 20th century as the nation suffered a downfall from the colonization of the Japanese Imperialists. In this chaotic time of social turmoil, transformation into a modern nation resulted not from a natural flow ...
Woncheol Yun, Beom Seok Park
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