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Shi Cihang 航慈釋. The First Case of Mummified Buddhist in Taiwan

Kervan. International Journal of Afro-Asiatic Studies, 2006
Shi Cihang 航慈釋 (1895-1954), is one of the eminent figures in the so-called Modern Buddhism in Taiwan. Engaged in improving education and training of Buddhist monks and nuns, and promoter of the so-called renjian fojiao 教佛間人 (Buddhism for the Human Realm),
Stefania Travagnin
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Navigating troubled waters: Posthumanist vulnerability and entanglement in Richard Powers's Playground (2024)

Orbis Litterarum, EarlyView.
Abstract Richard Powers's most recent novels to date—The Overstory (2018), Bewilderment (2021), and Playground (2024)—engage with some of the environmental and technological threats that loom over our planet, such as deforestation, species loss, the degradation of the ocean bottom, and the risks associated with the development of generative AI ...
Carmen Laguarta‐Bueno
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching New Religious Movements Historically: Distance, Empathy, and Cults in the Classroom

Teaching Theology &Religion, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Resistance to understanding the beliefs of modern New Religious Movements (NRMs) is well‐known to those who teach in the area. This paper builds on Eugene Gallagher's repurposing of “methodological belief” for college classes on NRMs by suggesting that scholars and teachers in the field of religious studies engage methods and content drawn ...
Douglas FitzHenry Jones
wiley   +1 more source

Dying ‘Buddhish’: Death, Diversity, and Worldview Complexity in and Beyond Australia

Journal of Global Buddhism
Buddhism contributes significantly to spirituality and wellness practices in contemporary Australia, influencing a new way of life not just for converts, but also broader society. Less frequently observed, however, is how Buddhism and Buddhist-inspired
Hannah Gould, Anna Halafoff, Ruth Fitzpatrick   +2 more
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Delomization, or the esoteric Nechung kang so, the Dalai Lama, and exilic imaginings of a Tibetan community

Journal of Linguistic Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, August 2026.
Abstract I propose the concept of delomization, the process whereby a sign comes to be understood as a symbol. I term such signs delomes. With rhematization and dicentization, delomization completes the triplet that linguistic anthropologists derive from Charles Sanders Peirce's third trichotomy.
Urmila Nair
wiley   +1 more source

Post-religional perspective and secular Buddhism: Stephen Batchelor and the post-metaphysical religion

Horizonte, 2015
This paper aims to present one of the contemporary trends on Buddhism, specially from the last decades in West, for its encounter with the globalized and dynamic context of present societies.
Leandro Durazzo
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The Effects of Jungian Sandplay Therapy on the Psychological Health of Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, Volume 26, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Sandplay therapy is a globally utilised depth‐oriented psychotherapy method that has expanded substantially over the past 15 years, reaching beyond Western contexts into Asia and Latin America. Grounded in a non‐verbal and non‐directive approach, sandplay is particularly valuable in therapeutic work with children, as well as ...
Juliette Ttofa, B. Les Lancaster, Peter Blundell, Olivia Pike, Marie Claire Van Hout, Sergio A. Silverio   +5 more
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Renewed Optimism in Persons through South-East Comparative Philosophy

Journal of World Philosophies, 2016
Though the term “comparative philosophy” often brings to mind the relatively recent “East-West” encounter, the experience of cultural difference has helped to invigorate philosophical inquiry throughout human history.
Geoff Ashton
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Sidelining Mitigation: Climate Delay Discourses Among Municipal Legislators in Southeastern Brazil

Environmental Policy and Governance, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 685-700, June 2026.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how municipal legislators frame climate mitigation and how these framings shift responsibility, narrow the perceived scope of municipal authority, and reduce the urgency or feasibility of local action. We analyzed 31 interviews with city councilors serving on Permanent Environmental Committees across municipalities in ...
Tainá Yumi Patriani
wiley   +1 more source

Aloha Buddha-the secularization of ethnic Japanese-American Buddhism

Journal of Global Buddhism, 2015
The relations between religion, migration, transnationalism, pluralism, and ethnicity have gained increasing focus in religious, cultural, sociological, and anthropological studies. With its manifold transfigurations across time and location, Buddhism is
Jørn Borup
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