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| Contesting Religious Boundaries with Care: Engaged Buddhism and Eco-Activism in the UK | ||
| 作者 | Zielke, Zoe (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Religions |
| 卷期 | v.14 n.8 |
| 出版日期 | 2023.08 |
| 頁次 | 25 |
| 出版者 | MDIP |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.mdpi.com/ |
| 出版地 | Basel, Switzerland [巴塞爾, 瑞士] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 附註項 | 1. Religions 2023, 14(8), 986. 2. The Subtitle of the Journal: The Question of Buddhist Environmentalism. 3. Author Affiliation: University of Oxford, UK. |
| 關鍵詞 | engaged Buddhism; Buddhist modernism; United Kingdom; care; Buddhist ecology; activism; embodiment |
| 摘要 | The word “Buddhism” conjures up a variety of images and connotations: monks meditating on hilltops, mindfulness, cheerful Buddha caricatures. It is unlikely that these depictions suggest engagement with societal issues. And yet, this is precisely what many Buddhist communities and traditions are involving themselves in around the world. Often referred to as “engaged Buddhism”, this development in the Buddhist tradition refers to the application of Buddhist principles and practices to situations of social and environmental suffering. Nevertheless, there are critics of this emerging trend who contend that Buddhists should refrain from engaging in societal issues, believing that such involvement contradicts the teachings of the Buddha and distracts from the ultimate goal of liberation. Built on two years of ethnographic research, this paper explores the ways in which a particular environmentally engaged Buddhist group known as “Extinction Rebellion Buddhists” adapt their religious beliefs and practices in response to the challenges posed by the Anthropocene, where concerns for our collective world have resulted in increasing interest in the ways in which humans actively care for the environment. In reformulating Buddhist principles and meditation as a “politics of care”, care becomes a tool for change, with the group not only confronting the pressing issues of the Anthropocene but also disrupting Buddhism’s traditionally inward-looking, other-worldly tendencies, carving out space for autonomy and transformation within the broader landscape of UK Buddhism. |
| 目次 | Abstract 1 Keywords 1 1. Introduction 1 2. Overview of Research Methods and Data 3 Demographic and Ethical Considerations 4 3. From Buddhist Modernism to XR Buddhists: Engaged Buddhism in the UK 5 4. Was the Buddha an “Activist”? Understandings of Social Engagement in Early Buddhist Scripture 10 5. Buddhist Constructions of Care and Dependent Origination as an Ethical Imperative 13 6. From Conceptual to Embodied Knowledge: Meditation-as-Care 17 7. Conclusions 21 Funding 22 Institutional Review Board Statement 22 Informed Consent Statement 22 Data Availability Statement 22 Conflicts of Interest 22 Notes 22 References 23 |
| ISSN | 20771444 (E) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel14080986 |
| 點閱次數 | 4 |
| 建檔日期 | 2024.06.12 |
| 更新日期 | 2024.06.13 |
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