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Author:   Juliane Schober (Arizona State University, USA) ,  Steven Collins (University of Chicago, US)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.330kg
ISBN:  

9780367875510

ISBN 10:   0367875519
Pages:   168
Publication Date:   12 December 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I: Theravāda as a Historical Construct 1. Theravāda Buddhist Civilizations and their Modern Formations, Juliane Schober and Steven Collins 2. Periodizing Theravāda: Where to start?, Steven Collins 3. The Impact of the Science-Religion Bifurcation on the Landscape of Modern Theravāda Meditation, Kate Crosby Part II: Local Cultures and Buddhist Vernaculars in Colonial Modernity 4. Buddhist Religious Culture and Processes of Modernization in Sri Lanka, John Clifford Holt 5. Buddhist Communities of Belonging in Early Twentieth Century Cambodia, Anne Hansen 6. What Theravāda Does: Thoughts on a Term from the Perspective of the Study of Post-Colonial Nepal, Christoph Emmrich Part III: Theravāda Buddhist Practices in the Contemporary World 7. The Rhetoric of Authenticity: Modernity and ‘True Buddhism’ in Sri Lanka, Stephen C. Berkwitz 8. Portrait of the Artist as a Buddhist Man, Ashley Thompson 9. ‘Conscripts’ of Chinese Modernity? Transformations of Theravāda Buddhism in Southwest China in the Reform Era, Thomas Borchert

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Juliane Schober is Professor for Religious Studies and Director of the Center for Asian Research at Arizona State University, US. Steven Collins is Chester D. Tripp Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago, US.

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