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2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Conference Report on the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of ...
Haynie, Eric
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Buddhism in Central Asia and Russia: History and Present Stata

open access: yesПроблемы 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
doaj   +1 more source

Hoedang and Jingakjong: Esoteric Buddhism in Contemporary Korea

open access: yesReligions, 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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The emerging role of Buddhism in clinical psychology: Toward effective integration. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Research into the clinical utility of Buddhist-derived interventions (BDIs) has increased greatly over the last decade. While clinical interest has predominantly focused on mindfulness meditation, there has also been an increase in the scientific ...
Griffiths, MD, Shonin, E, Van Gordon, W
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Exploring the interplay between Buddhism and career development : a study of highly skilled women workers in Sri Lanka [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This article adopts a socio cultural lens to examine the role of Buddhism in highly skilled women workers’ careers in Sri Lanka. While Buddhism enabled women’s career development by giving them strength to cope with difficult situations in work, it also ...
Andersen ML   +17 more
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What makes you not a Buddhist? : a preliminary mapping of values [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This study sets out to establish which Buddhist values contrasted with or were shared by adolescents from a non-Buddhist population. A survey of attitude toward a variety of Buddhist values was fielded in a sample of 352 non-Buddhist schoolchildren aged ...
Adamson J.   +64 more
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Religion vs. Spirituality: A Contemporary Conundrum [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
The problem with which this essay is concerned is perhaps peculiar to contemporary first world western culture. It is, like many of our cultural problems such as inclusivity, addictions, and family breakdown, ironically a product, to a large extent, of ...
Schneiders, Sandra Marie
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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

open access: yesReligions
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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The Apologetic Discourse towards the Convergence between Pure Land Buddhism and Theoretical Physics of the Contemporary Chinese Buddhist Monk, Da An (1959- )

open access: yesReligions
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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Welcome Insight into Buddhist Vegetarianism in Sri Lanka

open access: yesHumanimalia, 2016
James Stewart, Vegetarianism and Animal Ethics in Contemporary Buddhism. London: Routledge, 2015. 214 pp. $145 hc.
Geoffrey Barstow
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