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Challenging Paradigms: Buddhism and Nativism: Framing Identity Discourse in Buddhist Environments
Contributor(s): Blezer, Teeuwen

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 ISBN: 9004231072     ISBN-13: 9789004231078
Publisher: Brill
OUR PRICE: $144.40  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: June 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism - General (see Also Philosophy - Buddhist)
- Social Science | Sociology Of Religion
Dewey: 305.694
LCCN: 2013018460
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.5" L (1.27 lbs) 296 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Buddhist
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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Buddhism is often portrayed as a universalising religion that transcends the local and directs attention toward a transcendent dharma. Yet, wherever Buddhism spreads, it also sparks local identity discourses that, directly or indirectly, root the dharma in native soil and history, and, in doing so, frame 'the local' in Buddhist discourse. Occasionally, notably in Japanese Shinto and Tibetan B n, this localising variety of 'framing of discourse'--here tentatively termed 'nativism'--leads to the establishment of independent traditions that break free from Buddhism; yet, in other contexts, localising trends remain firmly embedded within Buddhism. In Challenging Paradigms: Buddhism and Nativism Teeuwen and Blezer offer a comparative study of localising responses to Buddhism in different Buddhist environments in Japan, Korea, Tibet, India and Bali.
 
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