Defining Buddhism(s) : A Reader.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Defining Buddhism(s) -- PART I: Defining Buddhist Histories -- Defining Buddhist Histories: Introduction -- 1 Archaeology and Protestant Presuppositions in the Study of Indian Buddhism -- 2 Suttas as History: Four Approaches to the Sermon on the Noble Quest (Ariyapariyesanasutta) -- 3 Historical Understanding: The Chan Buddhist Transmission Narratives and Modern Historiography -- 4 Roads Taken and Not Taken in the Study of Theravāda Buddhism -- PART II: Defining Buddhist Ideologies -- Defining Buddhist Ideologies: Introduction -- 5 The Suppression of the Three Stages Sect: Apocrypha as a Political Issue -- 6 Budda no fukuin: The Deployment of Paul Carus's Gospel of Buddha in Meiji Japan -- 7 Re-membering the Dismembered Body of Tibet: Contemporary Tibetan Visionary Movements in the People's Republic of China -- Part III: Defining Buddhist Identities -- Defining Buddhist Identities: Introduction -- 8 The Image of an Orphan: Cambodian Narrative Sites for Buddhist Ethical Reflection -- 9 Seeking Śākyamuni: Travel and the Reconstruction of Japanese Buddhism -- 10 One Plus One Makes Three: Buddhist Gender, Monasticism, and the Law of the Non-Excluded Middle -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects.

Explores the multiple ways in which Buddhisms have been defined and constructed by Buddhists and scholars. This volume also participates in the process of construction, developing a framework in which scholarship on Buddhisms can be productively related and interpreted.

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