1. Stephen C. Berkwitz Missouri State University, USA.
2. Ashley Thompson University of London, UK.
摘要
Among one of the older subfields in Buddhist Studies, the study of Theravāda Buddhism is undergoing a revival by contemporary scholars who are revising long-held conventional views of the tradition while undertaking new approaches and engaging new subject matter. The term Theravāda has been refined, and research has expanded beyond the analysis of canonical texts to examine contemporary cultural forms, social movements linked with meditation practices, material culture, and vernacular language texts. The Routledge Handbook of Theravāda Buddhism illustrates the growth and new directions of scholarship in the study of Theravāda Buddhism and is structured in four parts:
Owing largely to the continued vitality of Theravāda Buddhist communities in countries like Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Laos, as well as in diaspora communities across the globe, traditions associated with what is commonly (and fairly recently) called Theravāda attract considerable attention from scholars and practitioners around the world. An in-depth guide to the distinctive features of Theravāda, the Handbook will be an invaluable resource for providing structure and guidance for scholars and students of Asian Religion, Buddhism and, in particular, Theravāda Buddhism.
目次
Introduction PART I – Ideas/Ideals "THERAVĀDA": Sectarianism and Diversity in Mahāvihāra Historiography PĀLI: Its Place in the Theravāda Buddhist Tradition CIRCULATIONS: Linked Spaces and Divergent Temporalities in the Pāli World STATECRAFT: From Buddhist Kingship to Modern States REFORM: Ideas and Events in Modern Theravāda Reformism TRADITION: Nuns and "Theravāda" in Sri Lanka PART II – Practices/Persons MERIT: Ritual Giving and Its Cultural Meditations MEDITATION: Techniques and Processes of Transformation REPETITION: Pāli Iterations of Ritual Commitment, Commentarial Refrain, and Assiduous Practice FILIAL PIETY: Shades of Difference across Theravādin traditions LAITY: Status, Role and Practice in Theravāda DISCIPLINE: Beyond the Vinaya FUNERALS: Changing Funerary Practices PART III – Texts/Teachings CANONS: Authoritative Texts of the Theravaṃsa ABHIDHAMMA: Theravāda Thought in Relation to Sarvāstivāda Thought VAṂSA: History and Lineage in the Theravāda MERIT: Ten Ways of Making Merit in Theravāda Exegetical Literature and Contemporary Sri Lanka BILINGUALISM: Theravāda Bitexts across South and Southeast Asia PART IV – Images/Imaginations VISUAL NARRATIVES: Buddha Life Stories in the ‘Medieval Theravāda’ of Southeast Asia ICONS: Standing out from the Narrative in Theravādin Art AFFECT: Notes from Contemporary Southeast Asian Visual Culture DEITIES: Supernatural Forces in Theravāda Buddhist Religious Cultures MONS: Creating a Narrative of the Origins of Theravāda
