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1. 1. The Buddhist World Emperor's Mission : Millenarian Buddhism in Postcolonial Burma

   Författare :Niklas Foxeus; Per-Arne Berglie; Erik af Edholm; Guillaume Rozenberg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Buddhism; millenarianism; weizzā weikza ; esotericism; supernatural powers; identity; politics; Burma; Theravāda Buddhism; cakkavattin; authority; legitimacy; charisma; History of religion; Religionshistoria; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : In early postcolonial Burma, a number of so-called royal esoteric associations with a millenarian and eschatological orientation, and founded by persons believed to be the world emperor, emerged in response to political turmoil, nation-building projects, modernization, and after-effects of colonialism. These Theravāda Buddhist esoteric congregations, revivalist and innovative at the same time, were indicative of a general crisis of authority and identity. LÄS MER

3. 2. Insikt och närvaro : Akademiska kontemplationer kring buddhism, meditation och mindfulness i Sverige

   Författare :Katarina Plank; Knut Jacobsen; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; tradition; Burmese Buddhism; DBT; Sweden; mindfulness; mindfulness-based treatment approaches; MBSR; MBCT; Western Buddhism; Vipassana meditation; spirituality; contemporary religiosity; modernity; Buddhist modernism; Buddhist modernism; psychology; health care; Religious Studies and Theology; Religionsvetenskap; tradition; Burmese Buddhism; DBT; Sweden; mindfulness; mindfulness-based treatment approaches; MBSR; MBCT; Western Buddhism; Vipassana meditation; spirituality; contemporary religiosity; modernity; Buddhist modernism; psychology; health care;

   Sammanfattning : Under 1900-talet har stora förändringar skett i synen på buddhistisk meditation. Från att ha varit en övning som bara ägt rum på kloster och bland ett fåtal munkar, har både ordinerade lärare och lekmannalärare börjat lära ut meditation till lekfolk. LÄS MER

4. 3. The Barabudur : A Synopsis of Buddhism

   Författare :Johan af Klint; Peter Jackson Rova; Klemens Karlsson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Abhayagirivihara; Advayasadhana; bas-relief; Bhatara Hyang Buddha; Buddha; Huayan; latticed stupa; mandala; Mantranaya; Sang Hyang Kamahayanikan; Shingon; sunyata; tathagathagarbha; History of Religion; religionshistoria;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this PhD-dissertation is – on the one hand – to present in a critical and comprehensive manner an update of recent findings among Western scholars regarding the Barabudur monument and its illustrations of various Buddhist traditions, and – on the other hand – to throw some light on some of the outstanding issues regarding this monument. Focus has been laid on the religious aspects with a view of ascertaining which forms of Buddhism are most prominently represented on the monument. LÄS MER

5. 4. Der lange Weg des Zen-Buddhismus nach Deutschland : vom 16. Jahrhundert bis Rudolf Otto

   Författare :Jürgen Offermanns; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; J.-B. Du Halde; F. Caron; F.M. de Marsy; I. Kant; G.W. Leibniz; A. Kircher; Counter-Reformation; Reformation; Age of Enlightenment; travel literature; Jesuit theater; Germany; Europe; China; Japan; Jesuits; New Age; Christianity; West; Zen; Buddhism; sodo; Non-Christian religions; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ; History of the Christian church; Kristna kyrkans historia; German language and literatur; Tyska språk och litteratur ;

   Sammanfattning : At the beginning of the 21st Century, Zen Buddhism is no longer an unknown religion in the West. Zen-meditation enjoys great popularity, the books regarding the subject are among the bestsellers and the auditoriums are crowed if the topic concerns the bringing home of Zen Buddhism to a Western audience. LÄS MER

7. 5. Seger åt Tibet! : den tibetanska diasporan och den religiösa nationen

   Författare :Åse Piltz; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ; Non-Christian religions; Rangzen.; Miss Tibet; Bod Gyalo; Shangri-la; Nationalism; Diaspora; Dalai Lama; Government-in-exile; Dharamsala; Refugees; Identity; Anthropology of religion; Tibet; Buddhism; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation in anthropology of religion focuses on images of Tibet, among Westerners as well as among Tibetans. Based on approximately one year of fieldwork in the former British Hill station, it also deals with the politics of the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) and some of its political and social implications for the exiled Tibetan youth living in Dharamsala, India. LÄS MER