ISBN:
9781138493933
,
9781032186726
Language:
English
Pages:
xix, 374 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Routledge handbooks
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Routledge handbook of Theravāda Buddhism
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Routledge handbook of Theravāda Buddhism
DDC:
294.3/91
Keywords:
Theravāda Buddhism
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Therawada
Abstract:
INTRODUCTION / Stephen C. Berkwitz & Ashley Thompson -- PART I: Ideas/Ideals 1. "THERAVĀDA": Sectarianism and Diversity in Mahāvihāra Historiography / Sven Bretfeld -- 2. PĀLI: Its Place in the Theravāda Buddhist Tradition / Alastair Gornall -- 3. CIRCULATIONS: Linked Spaces and Divergent Temporalities in the Pāli World / Anne M. Blackburn -- 4. STATECRAFT: From Buddhist Kingship to Modern States / Patrice Ladwig -- 5. REFORM: Ideas and Events in Modern Theravāda Reformism / Anne Hansen & Anthony Lovenheim Irwin -- 6. TRADITION: Nuns and "Theravāda" in Sri Lanka / Nirmala Salgado -- PART II. Practices/Persons: 7. MERIT: Ritual Giving and Its Cultural Meditations / Juliane Schober -- 8. MEDITATION: Techniques and Processes of Transformation / Pyi Phyo Kyaw & Kate Crosby -- 9. REPETITION: Pāli Iterations of Ritual Commitment, Commentarial Refrain, and Assiduous Practice / Christoph Emmrich -- 10. FILIAL PIETY: Shades of Difference across Theravādin traditions / Gregory Kourilsky -- 11. LAITY: Status, Role and Practice in Theravāda / Asanga Tilakaratne -- 12. DISCIPLINE: Beyond the Vinaya / Thomas Borchert -- 13. FUNERALS: Changing Funerary Practices / Katherine Bowie -- PART III. Texts/Teachings: 14. CANONS: Authoritative Texts of the Theravaṃsa / Peter Skilling -- 15. ABHIDHAMMA: Theravāda Thought in Relation to Sarvāstivāda Thought / Rupert Gethin -- 16. VAṂSA: History and Lineage in the Theravāda / Stephen C. Berkwitz -- 17. MERIT: Ten Ways of Making Merit in Theravāda Exegetical Literature and Contemporary Sri Lanka / Rita Langer -- 18. BILINGUALISM: Theravāda Bitexts across South and Southeast Asia / Trent Walker -- PART IV. Images/Imaginations: 19. VISUAL NARRATIVES: Buddha Life Stories in the 'Medieval Theravāda' of Southeast Asia / Samerchai Poolsuwan -- 20. ICONS: Standing out from the Narrative in Theravādin Art / Ashley Thompson -- 21. AFFECT: Notes from Contemporary Southeast Asian Visual Culture / Chairat Polmuk -- 22. DEITIES: Supernatural Forces in Theravāda Buddhist Religious Cultures / John Holt -- 23. MONS: Creating a Narrative of the Origins of Theravāda / Patrick McCormick.
Abstract:
"Among one of the older sub-fields in Buddhist Studies, the study of Theravāda Buddhism is undergoing a revival by contemporary scholars who are revising long-held conventional views of the tradition while undertaking new approaches and engaging new subject matter. The term Theravāda has been refined, and research has expanded beyond the analysis of canonical texts to examine contemporary cultural forms, social movements linked with meditation practices, material culture, and vernacular language texts. The Routledge Handbook of Theravāda Buddhism illustrates the growth and new directions of scholarship in the study of Theravāda Buddhism and is structured in four parts: Ideas/Ideals Practices/Persons Texts/Teachings Images/Imaginations Owing largely to the continued vitality of Theravāda Buddhist communities in countries like Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos, as well as in diaspora communities across the globe, traditions associated with what is commonly (and fairly recently) called Theravāda attract considerable attention from scholars and practitioners around the world. An in-depth guide to the distinctive features of Theravāda, the Handbook will be an invaluable resource to provide structure and guidance for scholars and students of Asian Religion, Buddhism and in particular Theravāda Buddhism"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.4324/9781351026666
