Vesna A Wallace
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 524892 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Vesna A Wallace |
| NOMBRES | Vesna A |
| APELLIDO | Wallace |
| FIRMA | WALLACE V A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 1 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 4 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1992 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
A Dharma Protector in a Transcultural Tantric Buddhist Context
In the process of transmission of tantric Buddhism from one culture to another, tantric deities often undergo multivariant configurations as the lineages of their transmissions grow in numbers, and as legends of their origins, their religious and social roles, and ritual practices expand. One such deity is a fierce deity widely known in Mongolian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions under the names of Jamsran/Jamsrang (Tib. Lcam sring) and Begtse Brot…
Explaining the rise of moralizing religions
The causes, consequences, and timing of the rise of moralizing religions in world history have been the focus of intense debate. Progress has been limited by the availability of quantitative data to test competing theories, by divergent ideas regarding both predictor and outcomes variables, and by differences of opinion over methodology. To address all these problems, we utilize Seshat: Global History Databank, a large storehouse of information d…
Big Gods and big science
Our target article empirically tested the Big Gods Hypothesis which proposes that beliefs in moralizing supernatural punishment (MSP) contributed to the evolution of socio-political complexity (SPC) in world history. We tested this hypothesis using a suite of measures of MSP, SPC, and other potential evolutionary drivers coded in Seshat: Global History Databank. Our analyses indicate that intensity of warfare and productivity of agriculture were …
An Introduction to Seshat
This article introduces the Seshat: Global History Databank, its potential, and its methodology. Seshat is a databank containing vast amounts of quantitative data buttressed by qualitative nuance for a large sample of historical and archaeological polities. The sample is global in scope and covers the period from the Neolithic Revolution to the Industrial Revolution. Seshat allows scholars to capture dynamic processes and to test theories about t…
Sources of Mongolian Buddhism
"This volume consists of twenty-four chapters containing a collection of selected original sources of Mongolian Buddhism, composed either in Tibetan or Mongolian language. This collection brings new material that has not yet been available in any of European languages. Translated sources serve as a lens through which to examine Mongolian Buddhism in its variety of literary genres and styles and religious and cultural ideas and practices. Each cha…
Explaining the Rise of Moralizing Religions
The causes, consequences, and timing of the rise of moralizing religions in world history have been the focus of intense debate. Progress has been limited by the availability of quantitative data to test competing theories, by divergent ideas regarding both predictor and outcomes variables, and by differences of opinion over methodology. To address all these problems, we utilize Seshat: Global History Databank, a large storehouse of information d…
Thoughts on Originality, Reuse, and Intertextuality in Buddhist Literature Derived from the Contributions to the Volume
Studies in originality, authorship, and intertextuality in the contexts of the South Asian and Tibetan Buddhist literature are indispensible for uncovering the direct and indirect referential connections and the diverse modes of their production in an extensive mosaic of Buddhist texts. They also highlight the multifarious functions of textual reuses and re-workings in cultural productions and religious and literary reinvigorations. Moreover, a r…
Buddhism and Legislative Measures on Theft in Mongolia (The 18th Century-the Early 20th Century)
This article examines the issue of theft as addressed in two legal texts-the Khalkha Regulations and the Laws and Regulations to Actually Follow-which functioned as the customary and statutory laws for Khalkha Mongolia at different periods, and which governed the life of lay and monastic Buddhists. The article approaches the concept of theft as a broader category that encompasses both the direct and indirect modes of theft that involve various ty…
How Vajrapāṇi Became a Mongol
Envisioning a Mongolian Buddhist Identity Through Chinggis Khan
Followers of Shamanism and Mongolian Buddhism argue to this day over Chinggis Khan’s religious identity. This chapter focuses on such arguments and on the Mongolian Buddhist liturgies and rituals related to the cult of Chinggis Khan. Regardless of the Mongols’ close historical ties to Tibetan Buddhism and the infiltration of the Tibetan language into their intellectual life, in their ongoing process of self-identification and re-imagination of th…
Buddhism in Mongolian History, Culture, and Society
"Buddhism in Mongolian History, Culture, and Society explores the unique elements of Mongolian Buddhism while challenging its stereotyped image as a mere replica of Tibetan Buddhism. Vesna A. Wallace brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars to explore the interaction between the Mongolian indigenous culture and Buddhism, the features that Buddhism acquired through its adaptation to the Mongolian cultural sphere, and the ways…
Buddhist Laws in Mongolia
Introduction Examining the historical relationship between Buddhism and law in Mongolia helps us to understand several aspects of this pastoral society, namely, the Buddhist legal consciousness, the defining characteristics of both religious and secular Buddhist law, the relationship between Buddhism and the state, and the ways in which Buddhism, law, and local customs shaped each other in this society. It also reveals the interdependence that em…
The Method-and-Wisdom Model of the Medical Body in Traditional Mongolian Medicine
Background of the Method-and-Wisdom Theoretical Model of Traditional Mongolian Buddhist MedicineT he genesis of Mongolian indigenous medical knowledge, which predates the Mongols' conversion to Buddhism, was closely related to their experiences derived from their nomadic and pastoral lifestyle, common exposure to severe climatic conditions, and extended periods of military campaigns led by Mongol khans.Bone setting, cauterization, bloodletting, m…
Dictionary of Sonom Gara's Erdeni‐Yin Sang
Contextualizing the History of Yoga in Geoffrey Samuel’s The Origins of Yoga and Tantra
Legalized Violence
Why is the Bodiless (aṅanga) Gnostic Body (jñāna-kāya) Considered a Body
Gedanke und Wirkung. Festschrift für Nikolaus Poppe zum 90. Geburtstag [Idea and Effect. Festschrift on the Occasion of Nikolaus Poppe's 90th Birthday]
Explaining the Rise of Moralizing Religions
The causes, consequences, and timing of the rise of moralizing religions in world history have been the focus of intense debate. Progress has been limited by the availability of quantitative data to test competing theories, by divergent ideas regarding both predictor and outcomes variables, and by differences of opinion over methodology. To address all these problems, we utilize Seshat: Global History Databank, a large storehouse of information d…
Gedanke und Wirkung. Festschrift für Nikolaus Poppe zum 90. Geburtstag [Idea and Effect. Festschrift on the Occasion of Nikolaus Poppe's 90th Birthday]
Why is the Bodiless (aṅanga) Gnostic Body (jñāna-kāya) Considered a Body
Legalized Violence
Dictionary of Sonom Gara's Erdeni‐Yin Sang
Contextualizing the History of Yoga in Geoffrey Samuel’s The Origins of Yoga and Tantra
The Method-and-Wisdom Model of the Medical Body in Traditional Mongolian Medicine
Background of the Method-and-Wisdom Theoretical Model of Traditional Mongolian Buddhist MedicineT he genesis of Mongolian indigenous medical knowledge, which predates the Mongols' conversion to Buddhism, was closely related to their experiences derived from their nomadic and pastoral lifestyle, common exposure to severe climatic conditions, and extended periods of military campaigns led by Mongol khans.Bone setting, cauterization, bloodletting, m…
Buddhist Laws in Mongolia
Introduction Examining the historical relationship between Buddhism and law in Mongolia helps us to understand several aspects of this pastoral society, namely, the Buddhist legal consciousness, the defining characteristics of both religious and secular Buddhist law, the relationship between Buddhism and the state, and the ways in which Buddhism, law, and local customs shaped each other in this society. It also reveals the interdependence that em…
How Vajrapāṇi Became a Mongol
Envisioning a Mongolian Buddhist Identity Through Chinggis Khan
Followers of Shamanism and Mongolian Buddhism argue to this day over Chinggis Khan’s religious identity. This chapter focuses on such arguments and on the Mongolian Buddhist liturgies and rituals related to the cult of Chinggis Khan. Regardless of the Mongols’ close historical ties to Tibetan Buddhism and the infiltration of the Tibetan language into their intellectual life, in their ongoing process of self-identification and re-imagination of th…
Buddhism in Mongolian History, Culture, and Society
"Buddhism in Mongolian History, Culture, and Society explores the unique elements of Mongolian Buddhism while challenging its stereotyped image as a mere replica of Tibetan Buddhism. Vesna A. Wallace brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading scholars to explore the interaction between the Mongolian indigenous culture and Buddhism, the features that Buddhism acquired through its adaptation to the Mongolian cultural sphere, and the ways…
Thoughts on Originality, Reuse, and Intertextuality in Buddhist Literature Derived from the Contributions to the Volume
Studies in originality, authorship, and intertextuality in the contexts of the South Asian and Tibetan Buddhist literature are indispensible for uncovering the direct and indirect referential connections and the diverse modes of their production in an extensive mosaic of Buddhist texts. They also highlight the multifarious functions of textual reuses and re-workings in cultural productions and religious and literary reinvigorations. Moreover, a r…
Buddhism and Legislative Measures on Theft in Mongolia (The 18th Century-the Early 20th Century)
This article examines the issue of theft as addressed in two legal texts-the Khalkha Regulations and the Laws and Regulations to Actually Follow-which functioned as the customary and statutory laws for Khalkha Mongolia at different periods, and which governed the life of lay and monastic Buddhists. The article approaches the concept of theft as a broader category that encompasses both the direct and indirect modes of theft that involve various ty…
Explaining the Rise of Moralizing Religions
The causes, consequences, and timing of the rise of moralizing religions in world history have been the focus of intense debate. Progress has been limited by the availability of quantitative data to test competing theories, by divergent ideas regarding both predictor and outcomes variables, and by differences of opinion over methodology. To address all these problems, we utilize Seshat: Global History Databank, a large storehouse of information d…
An Introduction to Seshat
This article introduces the Seshat: Global History Databank, its potential, and its methodology. Seshat is a databank containing vast amounts of quantitative data buttressed by qualitative nuance for a large sample of historical and archaeological polities. The sample is global in scope and covers the period from the Neolithic Revolution to the Industrial Revolution. Seshat allows scholars to capture dynamic processes and to test theories about t…
Sources of Mongolian Buddhism
"This volume consists of twenty-four chapters containing a collection of selected original sources of Mongolian Buddhism, composed either in Tibetan or Mongolian language. This collection brings new material that has not yet been available in any of European languages. Translated sources serve as a lens through which to examine Mongolian Buddhism in its variety of literary genres and styles and religious and cultural ideas and practices. Each cha…
A Dharma Protector in a Transcultural Tantric Buddhist Context
In the process of transmission of tantric Buddhism from one culture to another, tantric deities often undergo multivariant configurations as the lineages of their transmissions grow in numbers, and as legends of their origins, their religious and social roles, and ritual practices expand. One such deity is a fierce deity widely known in Mongolian and Tibetan Buddhist traditions under the names of Jamsran/Jamsrang (Tib. Lcam sring) and Begtse Brot…
Explaining the rise of moralizing religions
The causes, consequences, and timing of the rise of moralizing religions in world history have been the focus of intense debate. Progress has been limited by the availability of quantitative data to test competing theories, by divergent ideas regarding both predictor and outcomes variables, and by differences of opinion over methodology. To address all these problems, we utilize Seshat: Global History Databank, a large storehouse of information d…
Big Gods and big science
Our target article empirically tested the Big Gods Hypothesis which proposes that beliefs in moralizing supernatural punishment (MSP) contributed to the evolution of socio-political complexity (SPC) in world history. We tested this hypothesis using a suite of measures of MSP, SPC, and other potential evolutionary drivers coded in Seshat: Global History Databank. Our analyses indicate that intensity of warfare and productivity of agriculture were …
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