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| Buddhism and the Definition of Religion: One More Time | ||
| 作者 | Herbrechtsmeier, William |
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| 出處題名 | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion |
| 卷期 | v.32 n.1 |
| 出版日期 | 1993.03 |
| 頁次 | 1 - 18 |
| 出版者 | Society for the Scientific Study of Religion |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.sssrweb.org/ |
| 出版地 | Indianapolis, IN, US [印第安納波利斯, 印地安納州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | Buddhist philosophy |
| 摘要 | This paper argues that the belief in and reverence for superhuman beings cannot be understood as the chief distinguishing characteristic of religious phenomena. The consideration of Buddhism has always been central to the discussion of what religion is, and this paper focuses on the limitations of the human-superhuman dichotomy as it might be used to apply to Buddhist traditions. The argument makes three points: a) There are important sects of Buddhism that do not rely on reverence for superhuman beings, and the concept "superhuman" is difficult (if not impossible) to use in cross-cultural studies because of cultural variations in what it means to be human; b) the insistence that "philosophies" should be systematically distinguished from "religions" is arbitrary and culturally biased; and c) Buddhist doctrines that assert that reality is ultimately "nondual" provide the conceptual context for understanding superhuman beings in Mahayana, and this conceptuality is not consonant with superhuman definitions of religion. |
| 目次 | INTRODUCTION 1 BUDDHISM AND REVERENCE FOR SUPERHUMANS 2 Humanness in the Worldview of Samsara 3 IS ATHEISTIC BUDDHISM A RELIGION? 5 Philosophy, Religion, and Nominal Definitions 5 Nontheistic Religious Forms as Relgious Epiphenomena Elite vs. Folk Practice 8 IMPLICATIONS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION 15 REFERENCES 17 |
| ISSN | 00218294 (P); 14685906 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 252 |
| 建檔日期 | 2003.10.17 |
| 更新日期 | 2020.01.16 |
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