Browsing by Author "Robson, James"
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Brushes with Some “Dirty Truths”: Handwritten Manuscripts and Religion in China
Robson, James (The University of Chicago Press, 2012) -
Faith in Museums: On the Confluence of Museums and Religious Sites in Asia
Robson, James (Modern Language Association (MLA), 2010) -
Formation and Fabrication in the History and Historiography of Chan Buddhism
Robson, James (The Harvard-Yenching Institute, 2011) -
Going Home to Our Mother: A New Reading of Baojuan as Sermons from the Perspective of Origin and Salvation
Yuan, TianyiIn the textual studies of Chinese popular religion, Baojuan (precious volumes) are often studied as sociological objects without enough voice from the believers. Hence, I intend to offer my reading of precious volumes, as ... -
Riverine Relations: A Sacred Geography of the Salween River
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Searching For a Better Return: Premortem Death Rituals (nixiu 逆修, yuxiu 預修) in Medieval Chinese Buddhism and Society
Robson, James (Academia Sinica: Institute of History and Philology, 2013) -
Signs of Power: Talismanic Writing in Chinese Buddhism
Robson, James (University of Chicago Press, 2008) -
Subject Formation in the Zen Monastery
Kaplan, KyleThis work draws upon late Foucaldian ideas of subject formation within "Hermeneutics of the Subject" to take a constructivist approach to understanding transformation of the subject within the Zen monastery. Monastic life ...