Contemporary Buddhism, Volume 23, Issue 1-2 (2022)

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Contemporary Buddhism, Volume 23, Issue 1-2 (2022)

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Editorial

Editorial
Editorial
Stefania Travagnin
Page: 1
Published online: 19 Dec 2023
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Why Does Buddhism Support International Humanitarian Law? – A Humanistic Perspective
Chien-Te Lin
Pages: 2-17
Published online: 19 Dec 2023
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Forgiveness American-Style: Origins and Status of Forgiveness in North American Buddhism
Donna Lynn Brown
Pages: 18-66
Published online: 19 Dec 2023
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The Divided Brain, Metaphysical Idealism, and Buddhist Mindfulness Practice
Terry Hyland
Pages: 67-83
Published online: 11 Jul 2023
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Meditation Practices by Chinese Buddhists During COVID-19 Pandemic: Motivations, Activities, and Health Benefits
Ampere A. Tseng
Pages: 84-107
Published online: 19 Dec 2023
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Chinese Buddhism in Africa: The Entanglement of Religion, Politics and Diaspora
Xuefei Shi & Hangwei Li
Pages: 108-130
Published online: 28 Aug 2023
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Restoring Lumbinī: Theravāda Buddhism and Heritage on the Nepal Frontier
Blayne K. Harcey
Pages: 131-151
Published online: 31 May 2023
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The Influence of the Ideas of Confucianism with the Ideas of Taoism and Buddhism on Chinese Folk Vocals: On the Example of the Performance of Songs from the Shi Jing (Book of Songs)
Yinying Cai
Pages: 152-169
Published online: 19 Dec 2023
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Book Reviews

Book Review
Buddhist Fury: Religion and Violence in Southern Thailand
by Michael Jerryson, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2011
Bruno Shirley
Pages: 170-173
Published online: 16 Dec 2021
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Family Matters in Indian Buddhist Monasticisms
by Shayne Clarke, University of Hawaii Press, 2013, 296 pp., $52.00 (hbk), ISBN: 9780824836474
Brenna Grace Artinger
Pages: 173-176
Published online: 09 May 2022
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Secularizing Buddhism: New Perspectives on a Dynamic Tradition
by Richard K. Payne, Boulder, Colorado, Shambhala, 2021. 360pp., Pbk. $24,95 ISBN: 9781611808896
Chandra Chiara Ehm
Pages: 176-181
Published online: 20 May 2022
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The Training Anthology of Śāntideva: A Translation of the Śikṣā-samuccaya
by Charles Goodman, New York, Oxford University Press, 2016, 433 pp., $41.95 (pbk), ISBN-13: 9780199391349
Patricia Guernelli Palazzo Tsai
Pages: 181-184
Published online: 30 May 2022
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Dispelling the Darkness: A Jesuit’s Quest for the Soul of Tibet
by Donald S. Lopez Jr. and Thupten Jinpa, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2017, 302 pp., $41.00 (hardcover), ISBN-13: 978-0674659704
James Harry Morris
Pages: 184-187
Published online: 15 Jan 2023
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Lotus Blossoms and Purple Clouds: Monastic Buddhism in Post-Mao China
by Brian J. Nichols, Honolulu, University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2022, 271 pp., $68 (Hbk), ISBN-13: 978-0-82488-900-5
Jinhui Wu
Pages: 187-190
Published online: 21 Feb 2023
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Buddhism and Its Religious Others: Historical Encounters and Representations
edited by C. V. Jones, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2022, £65.00 (Hardback), ISBN 9780197266991
Rafal K. Stepien
Pages: 190-193
Published online: 08 Mar 2023
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Chinese Religious Funeral Paperwork Entombed with the Tomb Owner
by Jingchun Huang, China, Shanghai People’s Publishing House, March 2018, 138RMB (paperback), ISBN 9787208149724
Liyong Zhang
Pages: 193-196
Published online: 12 Jun 2023
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Journeys of Transformation: Searching for No-Self in Western Buddhist Travel Narratives
by John D. Barbour, 1st ed., New York, Cambridge University Press, 2022, ‎ 342 pp., £ 29.99 (hardcover), ISBN 978-1009098830
Ben Van Overmeire
Pages: 196-199
Published online: 21 Aug 2023
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