|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Blasphemy as Bhāvana: Anti-Christianity in a New Buddhist Movement |
|
|
|
| Author |
Wilson, Jeff (著)
|
|---|
| Source |
Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions
|
|---|
| Volume | v.22 n.3 |
|---|
| Date | 2019.02 |
|---|
| Pages | 8 - 35 |
|---|
| Publisher | University of California Press |
|---|
| Publisher Url |
http://journals.ucpress.edu
|
|---|
| Location | Oakland, CA, US [奧克蘭, 加利福尼亞州, 美國] |
|---|
| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
|---|
| Language | 英文=English |
|---|
| Keyword | blasphemy; Buddhism; Sangharakshita; anti-Christianity; Friends of the Western Buddhist Order; Triratna Buddhist Community |
|---|
| Abstract | Over the course of the twentieth century, Buddhism came to be associated widely with peace, tolerance, and calm detachment in the Western popular imagination. This association was created in opposition to depictions of Christianity as violent, intolerant, and irrational. Buddhism, as the imagined perfect Other, held considerable appeal for counterculture seekers disenchanted with mainstream cultures. While many Buddhist groups played upon these stereotypes to enhance their image and support recruitment, one new Buddhist movement—the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order—went further, employing ritualized “therapeutic blasphemy” to eradicate Christian conditioning in their members and critique mainstream society. Such actions baffled many other Buddhists, but make sense when seen as efforts to heighten in-group solidarity, proclaim distinctive identity, and take the assumption of Buddhism’s superiority over Christianity to its ultimate conclusion. This article attempts to explain why Buddhists might develop intolerant practices, and to assess the costs and benefits of such practices. |
|---|
| Table of contents | ABSTRACT 8
KEYWORDS 8
SANGHARAKSHITA AND THE FWBO 10
BLASPHEMY AND THE LOVE THAT DARES TO SPEAK ITS NAME 12
THERAPEUTIC BLASPHEMY IN PRACTICE 16
MONSTERS AND ENEMIES: THE STRATEGIC USE OF ANTI-CHRISTIANITY 18
REACTIONS TO BUDHIST BLASPHEMY 23
CONCLUSION 28
ENDNOTES 30 |
|---|
| ISSN | 10926690 (P); 15418480 (E) |
|---|
| Hits | 78 |
|---|
| Created date | 2023.10.24 |
|---|
| Modified date | 2023.10.24 |
|---|
 |
Best viewed with Chrome, Firefox, Safari(Mac) but not supported IE
|
|
|
