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Beachcombing, Going Native and Freethinking: Rewriting the History of Early Western Buddhist Monastics |
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Bocking, Brian
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Cox, Laurence
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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 | 125 - 147 |
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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 | Buddhism & Philosophy |
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| Abstract | This article provides an introduction to the special issue of Contemporary Buddhism entitled 'U Dhammaloka, “The Irish Buddhist”: Rewriting the History of Early Western Buddhist Monastics'. Traditional accounts of pioneer western Buddhist monastics begin with the 1899 ordination of H. Gordon Douglas (Asoka), and highlight gentleman scholars writing for a European audience. They consign to obscurity a pre-existing world of western Buddhist monastics of all social classes. To open a window onto this hidden history, this issue presents new material relating to the extraordinary career of U Dhammaloka (?1856-?1914), widely known as 'The Irish Buddhist'. A working-class autodidact, freethinker and temperance campaigner from Dublin, Dhammaloka became renowned throughout colonial Asia as an implacable critic of Christian missionaries and tireless transnational organiser of Asian Buddhists from Burma to Japan. The research described in this issue is innovative not only in content but also in method and approach, having advanced through collaborative, international research employing web-based research tools and online resources. These offer new possibilities for other translocative and interdisciplinary research projects. |
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| Table of contents | Buddhism among the ‘beachcombers’ 126
The known and the unknown 127
Dhammaloka among the beachcombers 131
The quest for the historical Dhammaloka? 133
Rediscovering Dhammaloka 135
New research tools for the study of religions 136
Dhammaloka’s life in outline 138
Overview of the articles in this issue 141
Conclusion 142
Acknowledgements 144
Notes 144
References 146
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| ISSN | 14639947 (P); 14767953 (E) |
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| DOI | 10.1080/14639947.2010.530068 |
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| Created date | 2011.03.17 |
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| Modified date | 2017.06.29 |
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