Theravada Literature After “Roads Taken and Not Taken”: Reflections on Recent Textual Studies

This article sketches the study of Theravada Buddhist literature over the past twenty-five years. Drawing on Charles Hallisey’s influential essay, “Roads Taken and Not Taken in the Study of Theravāda Buddhism,” I survey the ways in which scholars have heeded his calls to study texts beyond the canon...

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Autor principal: Walker, Trent (Author)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado em: 2021
Em: Journal of global buddhism
Ano: 2021, Volume: 22, Número: 1, Páginas: 199-209
(Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão:B Hallisey, Charles 1953-, Roads taken and not taken in the study of Theravāda Buddhism / Theravada / Literatura budista / Budologia / Cultura científica / Literatura comparada
Classificações IxTheo:AA Ciências da religião
BL Budismo
Outras palavras-chave:B Multilingualism
B Theravada Buddhism
B Intellectual History
B Pali
B vernacular literature
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Rights Information:CC BY-NC 4.0
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Resumo:This article sketches the study of Theravada Buddhist literature over the past twenty-five years. Drawing on Charles Hallisey’s influential essay, “Roads Taken and Not Taken in the Study of Theravāda Buddhism,” I survey the ways in which scholars have heeded his calls to study texts beyond the canon, to attend to issues of translation, and to examine the local production of meaning. I show how these calls correspond to three recent trends: increased emphasis on non-canonical Pali and vernacular texts; a renewed interest in multilingual texts and the cultures of translation that shaped them; and new models for charting intellectual histories of Theravada Buddhist societies beyond local confines.
ISSN:1527-6457
Obras secundárias:Enthalten in: Journal of global buddhism
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4727617