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」
出版日期
2002.01.19
出版者
中華佛學研究所=The Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies
出版地
臺北縣, 臺灣 [Taipei hsien, Taiwan]
資料類型
會議論文=Proceeding Article
使用語言
英文=English
附註項
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.
關鍵詞
Buddhism in 21st Century; 佛教與廿一世紀
摘要
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?
