Stephen F Teiser
Biographic Data
| ID | 1247516 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen F Teiser |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen F |
| FAMILY NAME | Teiser |
| SIGNATURE | TEISER S F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Princeton University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
What Counts as Buddhist Historiography and Why Does It Matter
This review article argues that John Kieschnick’s Buddhist Historiography in China (2022) constitutes a landmark in the field. The book covers a large swath of original sources, analyzes authorial strategies, and assesses the place of writing about the Buddhist past within the Sinocentric tradition of court-focused historiography. I point up the strengths of the book, identify its most significant chapters, and probe its interpretation of Buddhis…
Prayer and Buddhism? The Supreme Offering
How can comparative categories be used with vigorous attention to historical context and cultural variation? My example is the concept of prayer applied to various forms of premodern Buddhism. After analyzing past attempts to square theocentric notions with Buddhism, I propose a more circumspect mode of comparison. Adopting a performative approach to the study of religious language, I stipulate prayer as “speech acts directed toward seen and unse…
Buddhism, Daoism, and Chinese Religion
International audience
The Wheel of Rebirth in Buddhist Temples
Strange Writing
The Scripture of the Ten Kings and the Making of Purgatory in Medieval Chinese Buddhism
An examination of medieval Chinese Buddhist thanatonic practices. Bridging area studies and the history of religions, Teiser explores the concerns, practices and beliefs of 9th- and 10th-century Chinese Buddhists
Transcendence and Divine Passion
Popular Religion
The population of traditional china, from government officials to artisans and farmers, shared a wide range of religious practice and belief, including ancestor veneration, annual festivals, funeral rituals, exorcism of harmful forces, and procedures for the auspicious siting of graves and residences. The definition of popular religion is a contested issue in the current state of the field
The Scripture on the Ten Kings and the Making of Purgatory in Medieval Chinese Buddhism
The Rhetoric of Immediacy
The Ghost Festival in Medieval China
Largely unstudied until now, the religious festivals that attracted Chinese people from all walks of life provide the most instructive examples of the interaction between Chinese forms of social life and the Indian tradition of Buddhism. Stephen Teiser examines one of the most important of such annual celebrations. He provides a comprehensive interpretation of the festivities of the seventh lunar month, in which laypeople presented offerings to B…
Having Once Died and Returned to Life
Ghosts and Ancestors in Medieval Chinese Religion
Engulfing the Bounds of Order
Popular Religion
The population of traditional china, from government officials to artisans and farmers, shared a wide range of religious practice and belief, including ancestor veneration, annual festivals, funeral rituals, exorcism of harmful forces, and procedures for the auspicious siting of graves and residences. The definition of popular religion is a contested issue in the current state of the field
Having Once Died and Returned to Life
The Scripture of the Ten Kings and the Making of Purgatory in Medieval Chinese Buddhism
An examination of medieval Chinese Buddhist thanatonic practices. Bridging area studies and the history of religions, Teiser explores the concerns, practices and beliefs of 9th- and 10th-century Chinese Buddhists
Prayer and Buddhism? The Supreme Offering
How can comparative categories be used with vigorous attention to historical context and cultural variation? My example is the concept of prayer applied to various forms of premodern Buddhism. After analyzing past attempts to square theocentric notions with Buddhism, I propose a more circumspect mode of comparison. Adopting a performative approach to the study of religious language, I stipulate prayer as “speech acts directed toward seen and unse…
Ghosts and Ancestors in Medieval Chinese Religion
Engulfing the Bounds of Order
Ghosts and Ancestors in Medieval Chinese Religion
The Ghost Festival in Medieval China
Largely unstudied until now, the religious festivals that attracted Chinese people from all walks of life provide the most instructive examples of the interaction between Chinese forms of social life and the Indian tradition of Buddhism. Stephen Teiser examines one of the most important of such annual celebrations. He provides a comprehensive interpretation of the festivities of the seventh lunar month, in which laypeople presented offerings to B…
Having Once Died and Returned to Life
The Scripture on the Ten Kings and the Making of Purgatory in Medieval Chinese Buddhism
The Rhetoric of Immediacy
Transcendence and Divine Passion
Popular Religion
The population of traditional china, from government officials to artisans and farmers, shared a wide range of religious practice and belief, including ancestor veneration, annual festivals, funeral rituals, exorcism of harmful forces, and procedures for the auspicious siting of graves and residences. The definition of popular religion is a contested issue in the current state of the field
The Scripture of the Ten Kings and the Making of Purgatory in Medieval Chinese Buddhism
An examination of medieval Chinese Buddhist thanatonic practices. Bridging area studies and the history of religions, Teiser explores the concerns, practices and beliefs of 9th- and 10th-century Chinese Buddhists
Strange Writing
The Wheel of Rebirth in Buddhist Temples
Buddhism, Daoism, and Chinese Religion
International audience
Prayer and Buddhism? The Supreme Offering
How can comparative categories be used with vigorous attention to historical context and cultural variation? My example is the concept of prayer applied to various forms of premodern Buddhism. After analyzing past attempts to square theocentric notions with Buddhism, I propose a more circumspect mode of comparison. Adopting a performative approach to the study of religious language, I stipulate prayer as “speech acts directed toward seen and unse…
What Counts as Buddhist Historiography and Why Does It Matter
This review article argues that John Kieschnick’s Buddhist Historiography in China (2022) constitutes a landmark in the field. The book covers a large swath of original sources, analyzes authorial strategies, and assesses the place of writing about the Buddhist past within the Sinocentric tradition of court-focused historiography. I point up the strengths of the book, identify its most significant chapters, and probe its interpretation of Buddhis…
History (12 works) · Chinese history and philosophy (11 works) · Art (10 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Buddhism (8 works) · Ancient history (7 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · China (7 works) · Indian and Buddhist Studies (6 works) · Japanese History and Culture (6 works)