Author Description
Introduction: Embodiment And Sense Experience / Kevin Trainor And Paula Arai -- Regional Perspectives: Practice In South Asia / Miranda Shaw -- Practice In Southeast Asia / Nathan Mcgovern -- Practice In East Asia / Paula Arai And Eun-su Cho -- Practice In Central Asia/himalayas /todd Lewis -- Practice In Europe And North America / Scott Mitchell -- Globalized Forms Of Practice / Inken Prohl -- Material Mediations:. Relics And Images / John Strong -- The Agency Of Images / Susan Huntington -- Texts And Rituals / Natalie Gummer -- Interactions With Built Environments / Abhishek Amar -- Interactions With Natural Environments / Julia Shaw -- Bodies In Transition:. Buddhist Healing Practices / Sienna Craig -- Pilgrimage / Ian Reader -- Dance As Vajrayana Practice / Miranda Shaw -- Buddhist Death Practices / Margaret Gouin -- Body-mind Transformations:. Aural Practices Of Chanting & Protection / Mahinda Deegalle -- Pure Land Practices / Charles Jones -- Kōan Practice / Jeff Shore -- Human & Nonhuman Interactions:. Practices Of Veneration & Offering / Jeffrey Samuels -- Ritual Identification And Purification In Esoteric Practice / Richard K. Payne -- Heavenly Rebirth And Buddhist Soteriology / Stephen Jenkins -- Domestic And Monastic Practices: Women's Ordination / Hiroko Kawanami -- Monastic Authority In Medieval Japan / Lori Meeks -- Monastic Discipline And Local Practice / Vesna Wallace -- Disciplining The Body-mind / Charles Korin Pokorny -- Home Altars / Linda Ho Peché -- Calendrical, Life-cycle, And Periodic Rituals / Jonathan Walters Food Practices / Lisa Grumbach -- Modernities And Emergent Forms Of Practice: Nation-state & Monastic Identity / Tom Borchert -- Tree Ordination & Global Sustainability / Susan Darlington -- An Embodied Dharma Of Race, Gender, And Sexuality / Jasmine Syedullah -- Buddhist Chaplaincy / Jitsujo T. Gauthier -- Buddhist And Non-buddhist Practitioner Relations / Elizabeth Harris -- Internet-based Practices / Louise Connelly -- Contemplati
Menrva's Summary
THE THESIS
This volume investigates the multifaceted nature of Buddhist practice by examining how diverse historical, regional, and social contexts shape the lived experience of the tradition. Edited by Kevin Trainor and Paula Kane Robinson Arai, the text compiles contributions from leading scholars to move beyond purely textual or philosophical analysis, focusing instead on the embodied, material, and ritual dimensions of the faith. The authors utilize a comparative framework to demonstrate how Buddhist identity is constructed through specific actions, environments, and interactions.
THE SCOPE MAP
What You Will Find
- Regional surveys covering South, Southeast, East, and Central Asia, as well as Western contexts.
- Analysis of material culture, including relics, images, and built environments.
- Examination of ritual life, ranging from pilgrimage and healing to monastic discipline and domestic altars.
- Exploration of modern adaptations, such as internet-based practices and environmental sustainability efforts.
Scope Limits
- The text does not provide a comprehensive history of Buddhist philosophy or doctrine.
- It does not offer a prescriptive guide for individual spiritual practice.
THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE
Experts identify this handbook as a foundational resource for scholars and students seeking to understand the practical application of Buddhist beliefs across global cultures. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which serves as a rigorous survey of contemporary research in the field of religious studies.
Page Count:
0
Publication Date:
2022-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0190632933
ISBN-13:
9780190632939
Religion
Bouddhisme
Ritual Studies
Buddhism
Religious Life