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Buddhist studies, also known as Buddhology, is the

arts, philology, anthropology, sociology, theology, philosophy, practices, interreligious comparative studies and other subjects related to Buddhism.[3][4][5]

In contrast to the study of Judaism or Christianity, the field of Buddhist studies has been dominated by "outsiders" to Buddhist cultures and traditions, hence it is not a direct subfield of Indology or Asian studies. However, Chinese, Japanese and Korean universities have also made major contributions, as have Asian immigrants to Western countries, and Western converts to Buddhism.

University programs and institutes

Asia

In Asia, University of Tokyo and Rissho University have long been major centers for Buddhist research, and Nalanda University launched a master program at 2016.[citation needed]

Japan

See also: ja:仏教学部

Most major universities in Japan have departments of Eastern philosophy, including Buddhist studies or Indian philosophy.

University of Tokyo (Dpt. of Indian Philosophy and Buddhist Studies) and Kyoto University (Dpt. of Buddhist Studies) are public universities which have specialized Buddhist studies departments.

Inoue Enryo
, is also renowned for its Buddhist studies.

Buddhist studies is also studied in universities run by various religious denominations.

America

The first graduate program in Buddhist studies in North America started in 1961 at the University of Wisconsin–Madision.[6] According to Prebish, Buddhist studies in the United States prior to 1975 was dominated by the University of Wisconsin, Harvard University and the University of Chicago.[7] Prebish cites two surveys by Hart[full citation needed] in which the following university programs were found to have produced the most scholars with U.S. university posts: Chicago, Wisconsin, Harvard, Columbia, Yale, Virginia, Stanford, Berkeley, Princeton, Temple, Northwestern, Michigan, Washington, and Tokyo.[8]

Other regionally-accredited U.S. institutions with programs in Buddhism include the University of the West, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Naropa University, Dharma Realm Buddhist University and the California Institute of Integral Studies (a number of dharma centers offer semi-academic, unaccredited study).

Europe

Prominent European programs include

School of Oriental and African Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin, University of Hamburg, University of Munich, University of Heidelberg, University of Bonn, University of Vienna, Ghent University, and the Sorbonne
.

Scholars and scholar-practitioners

Charles Prebish, a scholar-practitioner and Chair of Religious Studies at Utah State University, states that the Buddhist studies and academics in North American universities include those who are practicing Buddhists, the latter he terms as “scholar-practitioners.”.[7]

Professional associations

Publications

Journals specializing in Buddhist Studies (in alphabetical order):

In addition, many scholars publish in journals devoted to area studies (such as Japan, China, etc.), general Religious Studies, or disciplines such as history, anthropology, or language studies. Some examples would be:

Major university presses that have published in the field include those of Oxford, Columbia, Cambridge, Indiana, Princeton, SUNY, and the Universities of California, Chicago, Hawaii, and Virginia. Non-university presses include E.J. Brill, Equinox, Palgrave, Routledge, Silkworm Books, and Motilal Banarsidass. A number of scholars have published through "dharma presses" such as BPS Pariyatti, Parallax Press, Shambhala, Snow Lion, and Wisdom Publications.

See also

References

  1. ^ Buddhology, Oxford English Dictionary
  2. ^ Amos Yong (2000), On Doing Theology and Buddhology: A Spectrum of Christian Proposals, Buddhist-Christian Studies, Vol. 31, University of Hawai'i Press pp. 103-118
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-1-136-78716-4
    .
  4. ^ Minoru Kiyota (1984), "Modern Japanese Buddhology: Its History and Problematics", The Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 7 (1), 17–33
  5. ISBN 978-90-04-16826-8
    .
  6. ^ Lopez 1995, p. 159.
  7. ^ a b Prebish, Charles (Spring 2006). "The New Panditas". Buddhadharma. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013.
  8. ^ Prebish 1999, p. 194.

Sources

  • Lopez, Donald S. Jr., ed. (1995). Curators of the Buddha. University of Chicago Press.
  • Prebish, Charles (1999). "The Academic Study of Buddhism in America: A Silent Sangha". In Duncan Ryuken Williams; Christopher S. Queen (eds.). American Buddhism: Methods and Findings in Recent Scholarship. Surrey, UK: Curzon Press. pp. 183–214.

Further reading

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