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Serendipitous ritualization: dynamics of lay connectivity in Chinese Buddhist temples and beyond Ritualisation fortuite : dynamique de la connectivité des laïques dans les temples bouddhistes chinois et au‐delà

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 390-411, June 2026.
This article contributes to rethinking the dichotomy between informal sociality and ritual formality by examining the occasional ritual encounters surrounding spirit‐tablet inscription in Chinese Buddhist temples. Rather than viewing rituals as enactments of established orders, it presents ritual engagement as a contingent process of relational ...
Yang Shen
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Buddhism in Čampā

Moussons, 2009
Čampā is a Far East country, whose Māhāyana Buddhism is known from 7th to 14th century. In fact, Sanskrit and Cam Inscriptions mostly attested Tantric practices, belonging to the Vajrāyana Buddhism, mixing Śaiva and Buddhist believes.
Anne-Valérie Schweyer
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On the Ontology of Composites in Abhidharma Buddhism

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, Volume 112, Issue 3, Page 679-693, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Abhidharma Buddhism maintains that the only ultimately real (paramārtha) entities in the universe are dharmas, which are simples. What then is the ontological status of composites on this theory? One possibility is that Abhidharma Buddhists deny the reality of composites.
Monima Chadha, Shaun Nichols
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Manufacturing Japanese Reformation: Kamakura Buddhism in Early Showa Historiography

Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Few comparative frameworks in the historiography of Japanese religion have proven more durable, or more contested, than the analogy between the “New Buddhism” of the Kamakura period and the Protestant Reformation. This article traces the construction and consolidation of this analogy from its first systematic articulation by the historian Hara
Orion Klautau
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Buddhism in Australia: A Maturing, Multidisciplinary Field of Inquiry

Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT In 2012, Anna Halafoff, Ruth Fitzpatrick and Kim Lam applied Paul Numrich's framework to the study of Buddhism in so‐called Australia, to determine if it constituted a distinct field of study. They concluded that it was an emerging field, according to Numrich's three categories of specialisation, organisation and publication.
Anna Halafoff, Ruth Fitzpatrick, Sioh‐Yang Tan   +2 more
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Rethinking Korean Buddhism in the Park Chung Hee Era (1961–1979)

Religion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT Park Chung Hee (Pak Chŏng hŭi 1917–1979) is the most controversial president in South Korean history. The relationship between religious groups and Park's regime is a particularly complicated historical issue. Scholars have rightly criticized Korean Buddhism's relationship with the Park Chung Hee regime, particularly condemning the Chogye ...
Jonathan C. Feuer
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Nietzsche at the Deathbed: the Eternal Recurrence as a Counter to the ‘Preaching of Death’

The Heythrop Journal, Volume 66, Issue 6, Page 623-640, November 2025.
Abstract In recent scholarship, the dominant reading of Nietzsche’s concept of the eternal recurrence has been as a thought experiment. This paper responds to this in two ways. First, this paper relocates eternal recurrence in the context of Nietzsche’s abiding concern with the ‘preaching of death’, a powerful, life‐negating weapon of the ascetic ...
Mark Higgins
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Crossing Philosophical Boundaries in Comparative Theology: John Keenan, Joseph O'Leary and Raimon Panikkar

Modern Theology, Volume 41, Issue 4, Page 706-719, October 2025.
Abstract One of the ways in which the process of learning may occur in comparative theology is through reinterpreting the data of one religion through the philosophical framework of another. This type of learning mainly takes the form of Christian theologians reinterpreting the contents of Christian faith through Asian philosophical frameworks.
Catherine Cornille
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The changing Buddhist landscape: Anxiety and the development of Pure Land Buddhism in medieval China

The Australian Journal of Anthropology, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 280-291, August 2025.
Abstract The introduction of Pure Land practice and belief into medieval China changed the Buddhist landscape. Pure Land Buddhism offered a new pathway and new methods for achieving enlightenment. However, these changes were also a significant source of anxiety among the early community of Pure Land practitioners.
Kendall R. Marchman
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A Study on the Sinification of Buddhism: The Acceptance of the *Tattvasiddhiśāstra 成實論 and the Demise of the Chengshi School 成實學派

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The *Tattvasiddhiśāstra played an essential role in the history of Buddhism during the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420–589). Hitherto, the academic world has not systematically studied this treatise’s influence on the Sinification of Buddhism ...
Peng Zhou
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