Oxford handbook of contemporary Buddhism / edited by Michael Jerryson.

"As an incredibly diverse religious system, Buddhism is constantly changing. The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism offers a comprehensive collection of work by leading scholars in the field that tracks these changes up to the present day. Taken together, the book provides a blueprint to...

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Other Authors: Jerryson, Michael K. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Series:Oxford handbooks.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Buddhist System in Transition / Michael Jerryson
  • Part I: Regions
  • South Asian
  • Contemporary Sri Lankan Buddhist Traditions / Mahinda Deegalle
  • Buddhism in Contemporary India / David Geary and Sraman Mukherjee
  • Buddhism in Contemporary Bhutan / Samdrup Rigyal and Alyson Prude
  • East Asian
  • Contemporary Chinese Buddhist Traditions / Mario Poceski
  • Contemporary Korean Buddhist Traditions / Mark A. Nathan
  • Contemporary Japanese Buddhist Traditions / Elisabetta Porcu
  • Central Asian
  • Contemporary Tibetan Buddhism / Abraham Zablocki
  • Contemporary Mongolian Buddhism / Vesna A. Wallace and Christine Murphy
  • Southeast Asian
  • Contemporary Vietnamese Buddhism / Alexander Soucy
  • Contemporary Thai Buddhism / Rachelle Scott
  • Contemporary Burmese Buddhism / Niklas Foxeus
  • Contemporary Cambodian Buddhist Traditions: Seen from the Past / Ashley Thompson
  • Contemporary Buddhism in Malaysia / Jeffrey Samuels
  • Contemporary Lao Buddhism : ruptured histories / Patrice Ladwig
  • European-American
  • Buddhism in Latin America / Cristina Rocha
  • US Buddhist Traditions / Joseph Cheah
  • European Buddhist Traditions / Laurence Cox
  • Southern
  • Buddhism in Africa / Michel Clasquin-Johnson
  • Buddhism in Australia and the Oceania / Michelle Barker
  • Global
  • Diasporic Buddhisms and Convert Communities / John Nelson
  • Buddhist International Organizations / Brooke Schedneck.
  • Part II: Modalities
  • Material Culture
  • Buddhist Relics and Pilgrimage / Jovan Maud
  • Contemporary Buddhist Architecture: From reliquary to theme park / Lawrence Chua
  • Contemporary Buddhism and Iconography / Jessica Patterson
  • Buddhism and Media Technologies / Gregory Price Grieve and Daniel Veidlinger
  • Social Engagement
  • Contemporary Buddhism and Ecology / Susan M. Darlington, Hampshire College
  • Buddhism, Business, and Economics / Trine Brox and Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg
  • Contemporary Buddhism and Education / Vladimir Tikhonov
  • Buddhism, Nationalism, and Governance / Matthew J. Walton
  • Buddhism, Conflict, and Peacebuilding / Michael Jerryson
  • Practices
  • Contemporary Buddhist Chanting and Music / Paul D. Greene
  • Buddhist Healing and Taming in Tibet / Barbara Gerke
  • Contemporary Buddhism and Magic / Erick White
  • Contemporary Tantric Buddhist Traditions / David B. Gray
  • Contemporary Buddhism and Death / Mark Rowe
  • Identity
  • Buddhism and Gender / Sharon A. Suh
  • Buddhism, Race, and Ethnicity /Joseph Cheah
  • Buddhism and Sexual Orientation / Hsiao-Lan Hu
  • Buddhist Encounters with Diversity / Donald K. Swearer
  • Academics
  • Buddhism and Science as Ethical Discourse / Francisca Cho
  • The Contemporary Study of Buddhism / Nathan McGovern.