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, 2020 Rewriting Buddhism is the first intellectual history of premodern Sri Lanka’s most culturally productive period. This era of reform (1157–1270) shaped the nature of Theravada Buddhism both in Sri Lanka and also Southeast Asia and even today continues to ...
Gornall, Alastair
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Zygon, 2010 This essay endorses the argument of Donald Lopez's Buddhism and Science and shows how the general thesis of the book is consonant with other historical work on the “discovery” of Buddhism and on the emergence of Western conceptions of religion.
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Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.This article examines how nineteenth‐century scholars reconstructed the geography of early Buddhism through a historically contingent hierarchy of texts that privileged Chinese monastic travelogues over Sri Lankan Buddhist chronicles. Focusing on the relationship between the Pāli vaṃsa literature—especially the Dīpavaṃsa and Mahāvaṃsa—and Chinese ...
Bhadrajee Hewage
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The Influence of Buddhism on the Traditional Rituals of the Buryats of the Eastern Sayan Region
Концепт: философия, религия, культураThe article, based on field materials, examines the transformation of the worldview of the Buryats of the Eastern Sayan region under the influence of Buddhism.
D. M. Mansheev, G. P. Dondukova
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State of the Field: Royal Studies and Court Studies
History, EarlyView.Abstract Monarchy, as the world's oldest and most enduring form of political organization, is an area that has attracted the attention of scholars from a range of disciplines. Two connected and complementary fields embody this interdisciplinary study of monarchy and monarchies: royal studies, which takes an all‐encompassing approach to monarchy, and ...
Jonathan Spangler, Elena Woodacre
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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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Ethical Leadership and Cultural Values: The Role of Buddhism in Shaping Modern Business
Asian Review of Social SciencesIn the intricate fabric of modern business, the influence of cultural values unfolds as a captivating narrative. This study embarks on a journey to reveal the profound impact of Buddhist culture on business practices, both historically and in ...
Ashmaul Mim Dena, Khandoker Wasiul Haque
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Bioethics and the World Order: A Curious Coincidence Between Chinese and African Approaches
Developing World Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The post‐1945 world order is standardly pictured as a Westphalian system, in which each state is equal under the law with sovereign authority over its territories. This paper argues that the Westphalian system is changing and examines the implications for bioethics. We show that cross‐border health, economic, ecologic, and sociopolitical risks
Nancy S. Jecker +2 more
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Patience Stones: Material Encounters for Slow Currents of Pedagogy
International Journal of Art &Design Education, EarlyView.Abstract This article moves across sites in Canada and Japan with the practice of making Patience Stones (Sang‐e Saboor), a biodegradable, dough‐based artistic and pedagogical object that invites artist–teachers and artist–learners into with‐nessing and slow becoming.
Marzieh Mosavarzadeh, Ken Morimoto
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Flows and Counterflows of Buddhism ‘South of the West’: Australia, New Zealand and Hawai‘i [PDF]
, 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 ...
Rocha, Cristina (R11182) +5 more
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