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| Buddhist Apologetics and a Genealogy of Comparative Religion in Siam | ||
| 作者 | Winichakul, Thongchai (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Numen: International Review for the History of Religions |
| 卷期 | v.62 n.1 Spring |
| 出版日期 | 2015.12 |
| 頁次 | 76 - 99 |
| 出版者 | Brill |
| 出版者網址 | http://www.brill.com/ |
| 出版地 | Leiden, the Netherlands [萊登, 荷蘭] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 關鍵詞 | religious studies in Asia; Christian-Buddhist debates; Buddhist apologetics; religious studies in Thailand; comparative religion in Thailand; Buddhism in Siam; religion and modern identity |
| 摘要 | Contemporary identity in Thailand is prominently configured through an allegiance of reformed Buddhism with the modern Thai state. What is not well understood, however, is the centrality of “comparative religion” to the construction of this naturalized religionationalist identity, for interreligious study in Siam has been an integral component of modern Thai identity since the mid-nineteenth century. First, the emergence of “religion” as an object of study in modern Thailand is explored here, in an effort to detail the genealogy of this field for the first time. The articulation of Thai religious identity is identified as a response to intellectual challenges from colonial influences, especially the reproofs of Buddhism by Christian missionaries and Orientalist scholarship on religion. Thai Buddhist intellectuals responded to these challenges by robustly countering that Theravada Buddhism was, in fact, superior to Christianity and other religions. Finally, I explore the contentions between the Thai Buddhist apologetics and their opponents as a genealogy of the knowledge in comparative religion in Siam over the past century and a half. Given this genealogy, the field of comparative religion in Thailand is revealed as being far from a disinterested pursuit of knowledge; rather, it is part of the formation and reaffirmation of Thai national identity. |
| ISSN | 00295973 (P); 15685276 (E) |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1163/15685276-12341356 |
| 點閱次數 | 79 |
| 建檔日期 | 2023.07.18 |
| 更新日期 | 2023.07.18 |
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