Theory and Method in the Study of Buddhism: Toward ‘Translocative’ Analysis
Focusing on theory and method in the study of U.S. Buddhism, this article analyzes the subfield’s interpretive categories and theoretical assumptions during each of its four phases. A new phase opened in 2000, and no single theory or method has emerged as predominant, just as few scholars have scrut...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Society for the Study of Global Buddhism
2015-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Global Buddhism |
Online Access: | http://www.globalbuddhism.org/jgb/index.php/jgb/article/view/118 |