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The Irish Pongyi in Colonial Burma: The Confrontations and Challenges of U Dhammaloka |
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Turner, Alicia
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Contemporary Buddhism: An Interdisciplinary Journal
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| Volume | v.11 n.2 |
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| Date | 2010.11 |
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| Pages | 149 - 171 |
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| Publisher | Routledge |
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https://www.routledge.com/
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| Location | Abingdon, UK [阿賓登, 英國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | Buddhist Monks; Buddhist Philosophy; Religion; Scholars |
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| Abstract | This article charts the career of U Dhammaloka, an Irish working-class sailor turned Buddhist monk, in the context of colonial Burma. Focusing on his popularity with the Burmese laity as a preacher and his conflicts with colonial authorities, it considers what scholars of Buddhism can learn from Dhammaloka's remarkable career. It argues that for all the challenges he mounted to the Christian missionaries, middle-class Buddhists and the colonial state alike, Dhammaloka poses an equal challenge to contemporary scholars, forcing us to reconsider the motivations and meanings of European Buddhist converts at the turn of the twentieth century. The article examines the multiple modes of perceiving Buddhism and interacting with Buddhists in Asia available to Europeans at the turn of the twentieth century, challenging scholars to rethink how the colonial divide might have been reconceived or bridged by these interactions. |
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| Table of contents | Dhammaloka’s precipitous rise to fame: November 1900–May 1901 151
Creating networks and institutional support: December 1901– September 1902 156
Dhammaloka’s career in Burma: 1907–1911 159
Dhammaloka as preacher: challenges of cultural translation 162
Dhammaloka in Rangoon civic life: challenges to the Burmese elite 164
Dhammaloka as provocateur: challenges to the colonial state 164
Dhammaloka as plebeian monk: challenges for scholars of religion 165
Acknowledgements 167
Notes 167
References 170 |
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| ISSN | 14639947 (P); 14767953 (E) |
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| DOI | 10.1080/14639947.2010.530070 |
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| Hits | 317 |
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| Created date | 2011.03.17 |
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| Modified date | 2017.06.30 |
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