Buddhist violence and religious authority : a tribute to the work of Michael Jerryson / edited by Margo Kitts and Mark Juergensmeyer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kitts, Margo, 1952- editor.

Juergensmeyer, Mark, editor.

Jerryson, Michael K., honoree.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Authority--Religious aspects--Buddhism.

Genre:

Festschriften.

Physical Description:

vi, 187 pages : portrait ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Sheffield, UK ; Bristol, CT : Equinox, 2022.

Summary:

"This volume is a tribute to the work of Michael Jerryson, one of the initiators of the academic discourse on Buddhism and violence whose intellectual pursuits have resulted in a trailblazing shift in the academic study of Buddhism. The scholarly contributions in this volume include discussions of Buddhism and violence, religious authority and nationalism, whether Buddhist, Christian, white, or other"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: SECTION I BUDDHISM AND VIOLENCE

1. Reflection on the Papers of Section I / Stephen Jenkins

2. Dharma and its Discontents: The Case of Kumarajlva / John M. Thompson

3. Buddhists, Politics and International Law / Ben Schonthal

4. Exorcising the Body Politic: The Lion's Roar, Koten Ejen's Two Bodies and the Question of Conversion at the Tibet-Mongol Interface / Matthew King

5. De-Centering the Normative in the Introduction to Buddhism Class / Nathan McGovern

6. But Is It Buddhist? / Blaze Marpet

7. Humanizing the Rohingya Beyond Victimization: A Portrait / Grisel D'Elena

SECTION II RELIGIOUS AUTHORITY

8. Introduction to Part II / Matthew Walton

9. Contested Authority: Evangelicalism as a Cultural System / Julie Ingersoll

10. Jerryson's "Exposure of Buddhism" and the Christian Religio-Cultural Legacy of Violence in U.S. War-Culture / Kelly Denton-Borhaug

11. Making Authority from Apocalypse: Three Cases from Classical Islam / Jamel A. Velji

12. Affect in the Archives: Representations of Violence in Late Ancient Apocalyptic Texts / Abby Kulisz

13. Religion, Authority, Grammar: The Scholarly Legacy of Secular Concepts / Andrew Atwell.

Notes:

"Chapters that form Section I: Buddhism and Violence were first published in Buddhist Studies Review Volume 38, Issue 1 (2021)"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1800501013

9781800501010

OCLC:

1285490942

Publisher Number:

99992655516