The Grey Matters: The Use and Abuse of East/West Taxonomies
In my 2013 Bulletin blog post on the categorization of religious traditions as eastern or western I focused on my work as an academic studying Tibetan Buddhism in North America and my experiences teaching eastern religions to students at a post-secondary institution in the United States. Expanding o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2015]
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Bulletin for the study of religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 8-10 |
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Western world
/ Religion
/ Asia
/ Science of Religion
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| Summary: | In my 2013 Bulletin blog post on the categorization of religious traditions as eastern or western I focused on my work as an academic studying Tibetan Buddhism in North America and my experiences teaching eastern religions to students at a post-secondary institution in the United States. Expanding on my earlier contribution, here I focus my attention on the challenges and responses related to the east/west taxonomies in the context of my research and teaching. |
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| ISSN: | 2041-1871 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Bulletin for the study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/bsor.v44i2.26097 |