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Buddhist Activism and Chinese Modernity
Journal of Global Buddhism, 2015 The history of modern Chinese Buddhism has begun to attract attention in recent years. Some scholars have done inspiring research as they unravel the integration of Buddhism into the highly secularized process of Chinese modernity by drawing on the ...
Hung-yok Ip
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Religions, 2020 Following the introduction of Buddhism to China, various strategies of accommodation with Chinese culture were developed, all amounting to some form of syncretism with Chinese religions, mainly Confucianism. Buddhism in pre-modern Korea displayed similar
Sem Vermeersch
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Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aim To examine temporary registered nurses' job satisfaction, motivation, intent to stay and work experiences of gig or locum nursing roles. Design A two‐phase mixed methods study. Methods Participants were temporary registered nurses who engaged in gig or locum roles. In Phase I, a cross‐sectional quantitative study was carried out to examine
Yi Shu Kenric Tan +7 more
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Dancing Ambiguity: Nora and the Politics of Cultural Nationalisation in Southern Thailand
Nations and Nationalism, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines Nora, a traditional dance‐drama from southern Thailand, through its designation as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage (2021) and the Thai government's recognition of its performers as National Artists (2018, 2021). It situates these actions within Thailand's cultural nationalisation.
Goeun Kim
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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
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Buddhism in the Far North of Australia pre-WWII: (In)visibility, Post-colonialism and Materiality [PDF]
, 2022 Buddhism was first established in Australia through flows of migrants in the mid-nineteenth century, and is currently Australia’s fourth-largest religion.
Rocha, Cristina (R11182) +9 more
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Preventing Erasure and Seeking Accountability in Sri Lankan Diasporic Fiction
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sixteen years after the end of the military conflict in Sri Lanka in 2009, there has been no real accountability for the atrocities that took place during the 26‐year war between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lankan state. Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens and V. V.
Maryse Jayasuriya
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ReligionsSince the appearance of Buddha, texts and images depicting his life have circulated across Eurasia, serving as significant mediums for disseminating Buddhist ideology.
Wei Xiang
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Re‐evaluating the Rise of Anglophone Malaysian Historical Fiction in the Twenty‐First Century
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Since the turn of the century, anglophone Malaysian historical fiction has gained significant global recognition, so much so that it has become the dominant genre. However, notwithstanding this enviable evolution in the country's English‐language literature, it is not without issues, due to the genre's somewhat orientalist representation of ...
Andrew Hock Soon Ng
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, 2017 Contemporary Buddhism in Burma/Myanmar is diverse and manifold, and the variety of “modern” forms of Buddhism have evolved since the colonial period in dynamic interplay with modernization, colonization, nation-building, and shifting socioeconomic ...
Foxeus, Niklas,
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