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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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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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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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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, Cristina Rocha, Juewei Shi   +2 more
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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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Responses of Korean Buddhism to the Ethos of Contemporary Korea: Three Discourses in the Wake of Modernization

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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Buddhism in Central Asia and Russia: History and Present Stata

Проблемы постсоветского пространства, 2020
The article considers the history of Buddhism in Central Asia and in Russia. It outlines the main periods of development and special features of Buddhism in the region, its influence on the local culture.
I. V. Kolosova
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Hoedang and Jingakjong: Esoteric Buddhism in Contemporary Korea

Religions, 2022
This article discusses the emergence, transformation, and transmission of an esoteric Buddhist movement that Hoedang (孫珪祥, Kyu-shang Sohn [or Sohn, Gyu-sang], 1902–1963) began in the 1940s and 1950s.
David W. Kim
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Exploring the Social and Cultural Influences on Advance Care Planning Engagement for Patients Living With Cancer: A Hermeneutic Phenomenology Study. [PDF]

Nurs Inq
ABSTRACT Guided by Leininger's Theory of Culture Care, this hermeneutic phenomenological study explored how social and cultural contexts shape engagement in advance care planning (ACP) among people living with cancer in Taiwan. Semi‐structured interviews were conducted with 26 stakeholders, including 8 patients, 7 family caregivers, and 11 healthcare ...
Lin CP, Huang CY, Peng JK, Chang HT.
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The Apologetic Discourse towards the Convergence between Pure Land Buddhism and Theoretical Physics of the Contemporary Chinese Buddhist Monk, Da An (1959- )

Religions
This article explores the apologetic discourse towards the convergence between Pure Land Buddhism and theoretical physics of the contemporary Chinese Buddhist monk, Da An (1959- ). Faced with the formidable challenge posed by contemporary science towards
Saiping An
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