Plowing the Zen Field

Trends Since 1989 and Emerging Perspectives

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4884412
AutoresMichel Mohr (0000-0002-2010-6991, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, autor correspondente)
Ano2012
Volume6
Fascículo2
Páginas113-124
Data de publicação2012-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoReligion Compass (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1749-8171 • E-ISSN: 1749-8171
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1749-8171.2011.00335.x
OpenAlexW2142081986
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas38

This survey article focuses on the object and scope of Zen Studies, and on trends visible since 1989. It argues that scholarship about Chan, Zen, Chan, Seon, and Thiên should be more closely integrated with Buddhist Studies, and that the boundaries of this field need to be expanded. Critical and epistemologically aware scholarship only emerged in the 1990s. Hence, scholars need to make a concerted effort in devoting more attention to methodological issues. This in turn ought to be skillfully distilled to non-academic audiences

Buddhism · Epistemology · Linguistics · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Theology · Chinese history and philosophy · Computer Science · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices