\n“What we study and how we study it are inextricably tied to questions of <\/span>theory and method, which may not always be obvious. The goal of this class <\/span>is to encourage students to do so consciously, to learn how to think about <\/span>and articulate their own assumptions and the assumptions of the broader <\/span>community of scholars who engage Buddhist traditions within the contexts of <\/span>modernity and postmodernity.” — Patrick Lambelet, PHL450 Syllabus, Spring 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nSections<\/h5>\n
Religious Studies<\/a> | Buddhist Studies <\/a> | Theology<\/a> | Modernism<\/a> | Media<\/a><\/h5>\n
\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Religious Studies<\/h3>\n<\/div>
\n
- Cabez\u00f3n, Jos\u00e9 Ignacio, and Sheila Greeve Davaney, eds. 2004. Identity and the Politics of Scholarship in the Study of Religion.<\/em> Routledge. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Olson, Carl. 2003. Theory and Method in the Study of Religion: A Selection of Critical Readings.<\/em> Wadsworth Cengage Learning. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>Buddhist Studies<\/h3>\n<\/div>
\n
- Blumenthal, James A. “Target Audiences, Translator Training, and the Presumptions and Consequences of Style: Some Considerations for the Role of a Buddhist University.” (Unpublished paper).<\/li>\n
- Doboom Tulku, ed. 1995. Buddhist Translation: Problems and Perspectives<\/em>. Manohar. JABL<\/a> (archive.org<\/a>)<\/li>\n
- Lopez, Donald S, Jr. 1995. Curators of the Buddha: The Study of Buddhism Under Colonialism<\/em>. University of Chicago Press. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Lopez, Donald S., Jr. 2005. Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism<\/em>. University Of Chicago Press. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Lopez, Donald S., Jr. 2018. Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West<\/em>. University Of Chicago Press. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Queen, Christopher S, Charles S. Prebish, and Damien Keown, eds. 2016. Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism<\/em>. Routledge. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Schopen, Gregory. 1997. Bones, Stones, and Buddhist Monks: Collected Papers on the Archaeology, Epigraphy, and Texts of Monastic Buddhism in India.<\/em> University of Hawaii Press. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>Theology<\/h3>\n<\/div>
\n
- Moschella, Mary Clark, and Susan Willhauck. 2018. Qualitative Research in Theological Education: Pedagogy in Practice<\/em>. SCM Press. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Jackson, Roger R., and John J. Makransky. 2000. Buddhist Theology: Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars<\/em>. Routledge. JABL<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>Modernism<\/h3>\n<\/div>
\n
- Childs, Geoff H. 2004. Tibetan Diary: From Birth to Death and Beyond in a Himalayan Valley of Nepal<\/em>. University of California Press. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Dge-\u2018dun-blo-gros, Dge-bshes. 1992. Walking through Walls: A Presentation of Tibetan Meditation<\/em>. Snow Lion JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Gleig, Ann. 2019. American Dharma: Buddhism Beyond Modernity<\/em>. Yale University Press. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Hackett, Paul, ed. 2017. The Assimilation of Yogic Religions through Pop Culture<\/em>. Lexington Books. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- McMahan, David L. 2008. The Making of Buddhist Modernism<\/em>. Oxford University Press. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Samuels, Jeffrey, Justin McDaniel, and Mark Rowe, eds. Figures of Buddhist Modernity in Asia<\/em>. University of Hawai\u02bbi Press, 2016. WorldCat<\/a> (on order JABL)<\/li>\n
- Tonkinson, Carole. 1995. Big Sky Mind: Buddhism and the Beat Generation<\/em>. Riverhead Books. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n
- Tsering Dondrup. 2019. The Handsome Monk and Other Stories<\/em>. Columbia University Press. JABL<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>Media<\/h3>\n<\/div>
\n
- Garfield, Jay L. 2008. \u201cTurning a Madhyamaka Trick: Reply to Huntington.\u201d Journal of Indian Philosophy.<\/em> 36 (4): 507\u2013527. academia.edu<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Huntington, C. W. 2007. \u201cThe nature of the Ma\u0304dhyamika trick.\u201d Journal of Indian Philosophy.<\/em> 35 (2): 103\u2013131. pdf<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n
- Madhyamaka & Methodology: A Symposium on Buddhist Theory and Method (April 23\u201325, 2010 at Smith College) YouTube<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/p>\n
\nBodhisattva Ethics<\/a> | Buddha Nature<\/a> | Buddhist Psychology<\/a> | Calm Abiding<\/a> | Chittamatra<\/a> | Classical Tibetan<\/a> | Death and Dying<\/a> | Engaged Buddhism<\/a> | History of Buddhism in India and Tibet <\/a> | Kangyur and Tengyur<\/a> | Lama Tsongkhapa: Life and Works<\/a> | Lamrim<\/a> | Lojong<\/a> | Madhyamaka<\/a> | Mahamudra<\/a> | Nalanda Masters<\/a> | Neurodivergence in Buddhist Practice and Higher Education<\/a> | Research and Writing Guide<\/a> | Sexual Misconduct in Buddhist Communites: Resources<\/a> | Six-Session Guru Yoga<\/a> | Songs of Realization<\/a> | Tantra in Tibet<\/a> | Theories and Methods in Buddhist Studies<\/a> | Tibetan Medicine<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":950,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2174","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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