[Buddha-l] Journal of Global Buddhism

[Cristina Rocha]

Dear Colleagues,

 

We are pleased to announce a special issue of the Journal of Global Buddhism. "Buddhists and Scholars of Buddhism: Blurred Distinctions in Contemporary Buddhist Studies" aims to tackle current and pressing questions of blurred boundaries and genres: What is the place of advocacy or 'theology' in Buddhist Studies? Where is it implicit in contemporary scholarship? Should the study of Buddhism remain 'distanced' and 'non-aligned'? Is there a definite line demarcating the two modes of scholarship? How does this distinction apply in different cultural locations? 

 

The Journal of Global Buddhism is an on-line, open access, refereed publication http://www.globalbuddhism.org/toc.html <http://www.globalbuddhism.org/toc.html> . The table of contents is as follows:

 

 

Introduction: Buddhists and Scholars of Buddhism: Blurred Distinctions in Contemporary Buddhist Studies 

Cristina Rocha and Martin Baumann



Buddhism and the Perils of Advocacy 

Ian Reader



The Emergence of Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection in the Academy as a Resource for Buddhist Communities and for the Contemporary World 

John Makransky



At Ease in Between: The Middle Position of a Scholar-Practitioner 

Duncan Ryûken Williams



 

with best wishes, 

 

 

Cristina Rocha & Martin Baumann

 

 
Dr. Cristina Rocha
ARC Postdoctoral Fellow
Centre for Cultural Research
University of Western Sydney

Tel: (+61 2) 9685 9535
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Author of "Zen in Brazil: The Quest for Cosmopolitan Modernity", Hawaii University Press, 2006.
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