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| Agency and Belief Is Kamma "Natural"? Appraising Julia Cassaniti's Argument | ||
| 作者 | Hubina, Milos |
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| 出處題名 | Journal of International Buddhist Studies (JIBS) |
| 卷期 | v.9 n.1 |
| 出版日期 | 2018.06 |
| 頁次 | 78 - 100 |
| 出版者 | Buddhist Research Institute, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.ojs.mcu.ac.th/index.php/JIBS/index |
| 出版地 | Bangkok, Thailand [曼谷, 泰國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | Author: Mahidol University, 999 Salaya, Phutthamonthol 4, Nakhorn prathom,Thailand Author for correspondence: email: miloshubina@yahoo.com |
| 關鍵詞 | Theravāda Buddhism; agency; belief; religious representations; research; Julia Cassaniti |
| 摘要 | In this paper I am assessing Julia Cassaniti’s (2012, 2015) claim that Buddhists in Thailand perceive religious concepts (specifically "kamma") as natural entities, comparable to natural laws. Her claim is based on, and intended to lend empirical support to, Don Handelman's thesis that formal character of cosmologies determines the emphasis a religious tradition puts on "belief". Cassaniti expands on the thesis proposing that cosmology and belief are connected through people's representation of agency. I am arguing that Cassaniti misrepresents the relationship between public discourse and real representations of religious concepts and, more specifically, discounts cultural conventions informing the Thai way of using langue. Thai religious and cultural practices also clearly indicate a situation incongruent with Cassaniti's assertion that agency is perceived by Thai Buddhist as inherent to the acting subject which is fully responsible for both its present actions and their broader, kammically determined, cosmological context. Lastly, I am pointing out some problems related to her analysis of data collected through interviews. |
| 目次 | Introduction 79 Discussion 85 What people do and say that they do 85 Karma, God and Belief 89 Conclusion 95 References 96 |
| ISSN | 19066244 (P); 25869620 (E) |
| 點閱次數 | 195 |
| 建檔日期 | 2019.09.16 |
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