Routledge handbook of Theravāda Buddhism
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Routledge handbook of Theravāda Buddhism
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Routledge, 2022
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
The Routledge Handbook of Theravada Buddhism illustrates the growth and new directions of scholarship in the study of Theravada Buddhism.
An in-depth guide to the distinctive features of Theravada, the Handbook will be an invaluable resource to provide structure and guidance for scholars and students of Asian Religion, Buddhism and in particular Theravada Buddhism.
Table of Contents
Introduction PART I - Ideas/Ideals 1. "THERAVADA": Sectarianism and Diversity in Mahavihara Historiography 2. PALI: Its Place in the Theravada Buddhist Tradition 3. CIRCULATIONS: Linked Spaces and Divergent Temporalities in the Pali World 4. STATECRAFT: From Buddhist Kingship to Modern States 5. REFORM: Ideas and Events in Modern Theravada Reformism 6. TRADITION: Nuns and "Theravada" in Sri Lanka PART II - Practices/Persons 7. MERIT: Ritual Giving and Its Cultural Meditations 8. MEDITATION: Techniques and Processes of Transformation 9. REPETITION: Pali Iterations of Ritual Commitment, Commentarial Refrain, and Assiduous Practice 10. FILIAL PIETY: Shades of Difference across Theravadin traditions 11. LAITY: Status, Role and Practice in Theravada 12. DISCIPLINE: Beyond the Vinaya 13. FUNERALS: Changing Funerary Practices PART III - Texts/Teachings 14. CANONS: Authoritative Texts of the Theravamsa 15. ABHIDHAMMA: Theravada Thought in Relation to Sarvastivada Thought 16. VAMSA: History and Lineage in the Theravada 17. MERIT: Ten Ways of Making Merit in Theravada Exegetical Literature and Contemporary Sri Lanka 18. BILINGUALISM: Theravada Bitexts across South and Southeast Asia PART IV - Images/Imaginations 19. VISUAL NARRATIVES: Buddha Life Stories in the 'Medieval Theravada' of Southeast Asia 20. ICONS: Standing out from the Narrative in Theravadin Art 21. AFFECT: Notes from Contemporary Southeast Asian Visual Culture 22. DEITIES: Supernatural Forces in Theravada Buddhist Religious Cultures 23. MONS: Creating a Narrative of the Origins of Theravada
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