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Buddha as a God: An Empirical Assessment |
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Purzycki, Benjamin Grant (著)
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Holland, Edward C. (著)
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| Source |
Method & Theory in the Study of Religion
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| Volume | v.31 n.4-5 |
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| Date | 2019 |
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| Pages | 347 - 375 |
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| Publisher | Brill |
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| Publisher Url |
http://www.brill.com/
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| Location | Leiden, the Netherlands [萊登, 荷蘭] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | 1.Benjamin Grant Purzycki
Department of Human Behavior, Ecology and Culture, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig.
2.Edward C. Holland
Department of Geosciences, University of Arkansas Fayetteville. |
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| Keyword | Buddhism; ethnographic methods; cognitive anthropology; Tyva Republic; gods |
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| Abstract | For at least a century, scholars have argued about whether or not Buddha is considered a god. We treat this question empirically by conducting two ethnographic studies among residents of the Tyva Republic, one of the Buddhist republics in the Russian Federation. Using a mixed methods approach to interrogate the question, this report concludes that Buddha is, in fact, popularly represented as a punitive and moralistic supernatural agent in the republic and demographic factors co-vary with such beliefs. The paper addresses longstanding concerns and situates the results in contemporary social scientific inquiry that addresses questions of when, where, to what degree, and why he is represented as a deity. |
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| Table of contents | Abstract
1 Introduction
2 Background
3 The Tyva Republic
4 Study Notes
5 Study 1
5.1 Participants
5.2 Methods
5.2.1 Free-List Data
5.2.2 Follow-Up Items
5.3 Results
6 Study 2
6.1 Participants
6.2 Methods
6.2.1 Discrete Items
6.2.2 Free-List Data
6.3 Results
6.3.1 Dichotomous Items about Punishment and Active Omniscience
6.3.2 How Buddha Punishes
6.3.3 Buddha’s Moral Concern and Punishment
6.3.4 Buddha’s Concerns: Free-List
7 Discussion and Conclusion
7.1 Cognition, Doctrine, and the Laity
7.2 External Cultural Influences
7.3 Social Ecology and Evolving (into) God
7.4 Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Replication Statement
References |
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| ISSN | 09433058 (P); 15700682 (E) |
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| DOI | 10.1163/15700682-12341453 |
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| Hits | 57 |
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| Created date | 2023.07.06 |
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| Modified date | 2023.07.06 |
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