Table of Contents

Part I: Theravāda as a Historical Construct

1. Theravāda Buddhist Civilizations and their Modern Formations, Juliane Schober and Steven Collins

2. Periodizing Theravāda: Where to start?, Steven Collins

3. The Impact of the Science-Religion Bifurcation on the Landscape of Modern Theravāda Meditation, Kate Crosby

Part II: Local Cultures and Buddhist Vernaculars in Colonial Modernity

4. Buddhist Religious Culture and Processes of Modernization in Sri Lanka, John Clifford Holt

5. Buddhist Communities of Belonging in Early Twentieth Century Cambodia, Anne Hansen

6. What Theravāda Does: Thoughts on a Term from the Perspective of the Study of Post-Colonial Nepal, Christoph Emmrich

Part III: Theravāda Buddhist Practices in the Contemporary World

7. The Rhetoric of Authenticity: Modernity and ‘True Buddhism’ in Sri Lanka, Stephen C. Berkwitz

8. Portrait of the Artist as a Buddhist Man, Ashley Thompson

9. ‘Conscripts’ of Chinese Modernity? Transformations of Theravāda Buddhism in Southwest China in the Reform Era, Thomas Borchert

About the Author

Juliane Schober is Professor for Religious Studies and Director of the Center for Asian Research at Arizona State University, US.

Steven Collins is Chester D. Tripp Professor of Humanities at the University of Chicago, US.