Juliane Schober (Arizona State University, USA), Steven Collins
Although recent scholarship has shown that the term 'Theravāda' in the familiar modern sense is a 19-20th century construct, it is now used to refer to the more than 150 million people around the world who practice that form of Buddhism. Buddhist practices such as meditation, amulets, and merit making rituals have always been inseparable from the social formations that give rise to them, their authorizing discourses and the hegemonic relations they create.
This book is comprised of chapters written by established scholars in Buddhist studies who represent diverse disciplinary...
Although recent scholarship has shown that the term 'Theravāda' in the familiar modern sense is a 19-20th century construct, it is now used to...
