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Buddhist Studies and the Study of Religions=佛學研究與宗教研究 |
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Bocking, Brian
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The Fourth Chung Hwa International Conference on Buddhism: The Role of Buddhism in the 21st Century=第四屆中華國際佛學會議 -- 「佛教與廿一世紀」
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| Date | 2002.01.19 |
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| Publisher | 中華佛學研究所=The Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies |
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| Location | 臺北縣, 臺灣 [Taipei hsien, Taiwan] |
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| Content type | 會議論文=Proceeding Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | The Fourth Chung Hwa International Conference on Buddhism：The Role of Buddhism in the 21st Century, Organized by Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies, DDMBA; January 18-20, 2002, Auditorium of Acemic Activity Center, Acemia Sinica. 第四屆中華國際佛學會議 -- 「佛教與廿一世紀」, 法鼓山中華佛學研究所主辦, 2002年1月18-20日, 中央研究院學術活動中心. |
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| Keyword | Buddhism in 21st Century; 佛教與廿一世紀 |
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| Abstract | Starting from the assumption that education at all levels can exert significant influence in contemporary society，his paper raises some questions about the relationship between university-level Buddhist Studies and the wider academic discipline of the Study of Religions. The notion of 'religion' as a cross-cultural，trans-historical category has been elaborated mainly，though not exclusively，in the West in the last two centuries. The paradigmatic example of Western 'religion' was Christianity，with Buddhism often seen as an exceptional case. The contemporary academic study of religions broadly opposes itself to (and thereby associates itself with) Christian theology as traditionally taught in Western universities. While it might be an exaggeration to say that 'Buddhism is the new Christianity' among Western intellectuals, some of the critical problems associated with traditional theological (and indeed missiological) studies do seem to be re-emerging in the expanding field of Buddhist Studies. Such problems include the limitations of a mono-religious perspective and field of research and a blurring of the distinction between scholar of Buddhism and Buddhist scholar. The current globalisation of university-level educational opportunities prompts us to ask：what kinds of education about 'Buddhism' are available where and to whom; and what approaches to the study of Buddhism are appropriate in a multi-religious and multi-cultural world?
本文從「現代社會中，所有層級的教育都能造成意義重大之影響」的假設為起始，提出關於大學級的佛學研究，與較廣的宗教學術研究主體間的一些問題.
西方在過去的兩個世紀以來，對 '宗教' 的看法雖非精確，但已將之主提昇至跨文化，超歷史的範疇內. 西方 '宗教' 的標準典型是基督教，而佛教的介入其中常被視為特例.
現代的宗教學術研究，廣泛的反對與傳統西方大學中的基督神學同流 (乃至有所聯結). 雖在西方知識份子中說「佛教是新的基督宗教」，可能是有點誇大其詞; 但一些與傳統神學 (乃至傳教學式的) 研究聯結的關鍵性問題，卻似乎再次顯現於擴大的佛學研究範圍中.
這樣的問題包括單一宗教研究觀點與領域的限制，及佛教學者與佛學學者間的模糊分野. 當前大學級教育機會的全球化，促使我們這樣問：有什麼樣的 '佛教' 教育在哪裡可提供給什麼人? 而在一個多元宗教與多元文化的世界裏，什麼樣的佛教研究徑路是合適的? |
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| Created date | 2002.02.15
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| Modified date | 2016.08.18 |
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