The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka: Religious Tradition, Reinterpretation and Response
George D, Bond
This book represents a study of tradition and interpretation, the dialectical process by which religions live. Typically, studies of the process of tradition and interpretation focus on the texts of a religion which reveal how succeeding generations received, reinterpreted, and transmitted the traditional heritage. The process of tradition and interpretation is not restricted to texts, however; in living religions it interfaces with the present context. Thus, this study of tradition and interpretation examines the ways that Theravada Buddhists have reinterpreted their ancient tradition in order to revive and re-present it in the modern context.
年:
1988
出版社:
University of South Carolina
语言:
english
页:
330
ISBN 10:
0872495574
ISBN 13:
9780872495579
文件:
PDF, 5.09 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1988