Containing and Dissolving Ontological Violence

A Christian-Buddhist Joint Reflection for Attaining De-colonial Epistemic Freedom in Asia

Bibliographic Data

ID5846795
AuthorsPak Nung Wong (0000-0003-0657-2715, City University of Hong Kong), Ajahn Suchitra Chongstitvatana (Chulalongkorn University)
Year2014
Volume13
Issue2
Pages290-315
Publication date2014-05-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Comparative Asian Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1533-9114 • E-ISSN: 2150-5403
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15339114.2014.935278
OpenAlexW2082112016
LanguageEN
References cited23

In view of the intensifying efforts of Asian universities to compete for global rankings, this paper aims to reflect upon this ongoing trend. Through a Christian and Buddhist dialogue, this paper first identifies the culture of academic realism, which we consider increasingly prevalent. Second, in response to such culture, it aims to explore an academic spiritual practice to contain and overcome a post-Christian academic cultural predicament that was originally found in Western modernity and has been present in Asia: ontological violence. Such an attempt is also considered relevant for attaining de-colonial epistemic freedom in Asia

Reflection · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Education and Schools