[Tlc] TLC-new book

[justinm at ucr.edu]

Forwarded from Dr. Pattaratorn Chirapravati.
Thanks,
justin

Dear Colleagues,
>
> I am pleased to announce the publication of "Buddhist Manuscript
> Cultures: Knowledge, Ritual, and Art," edited by Stephen C. Berkwitz,
> Juliane Schober, and Claudia Brown (Routledge, 2009). This collection
> of essays on the cultural and material aspects of Buddhist manuscripts
> from various Asian cultures may be of interest to many H-Buddhism
> subscribers.
>
>
> "Buddhist Manuscript Cultures: Knowledge, Ritual, and Art"
> * ISBN: 978-0-415-77616-5
> * Binding: Hardback
> * Published by: Routledge
> * Publication Date: 18th December 2008
> * Pages: 240
> * Price: $170
>
> Buddhist Manuscript Cultures explores how religious and cultural
> practices in premodern Asia were shaped by literary and artistic
> traditions as well as by Buddhist material culture. This study of
> Buddhist texts focuses on the significance of their material forms
> rather than their doctrinal contents, and examines how and why they
> were made.
>
> Collectively, the book offers cross-cultural and comparative insights
> into the transmission of Buddhist knowledge and the use of texts and
> images as ritual objects in the artistic and aesthetic traditions of
> Buddhist cultures. Drawing on case studies from India, Gandhara, Sri
> Lanka, Thailand, Mongolia, China and Nepal, the chapters included
> investigate the range of interests and values associated with producing
> and using written texts, and the roles manuscripts and images play in
> the transmission of Buddhist texts and in fostering devotion among
> Buddhist communities.
>
> Contributions are by reputed scholars in Buddhist Studies and represent
> diverse disciplinary approaches from religious studies, art history,
> anthropology, and history. This book will be of interest to scholars
> and students working in these fields.
>
> TABLE OF CONTENTS:
>
> 1. Introduction: Rethinking Buddhist Manuscript Cultures (Stephen C.
> Berkwitz, Juliane Schober, and Claudia Brown)
>
> 2. Why Did the Gandharan Buddhists Bury their Manuscripts? (Richard Salomon)
>
> 3. Materiality and Merit in Sri Lankan Buddhist Manuscripts (Stephen C.
> Berkwitz)
>
> 4. Redaction, Recitation, and Writing: Transmission of the Buddha's
> Teachings in India in the Early Period (Peter Skilling)
>
> 5. Diverse Aspects of the Mongolian Buddhist Manuscript Culture and Realms
> of Its Influence (Vesna A. Wallace)
>
> 6. From Words to Books: Indian Buddhist Manuscripts in the First Millennium
> CE (Jens-Uwe Hartmann)
>
> 7. Between Zhongfeng Mingben and Zhao Mengfu: Chan Letters in their
> Manuscript Context (Natasha Heller)
>
> 8. Two Buddhist Librarians: The Proximate Mechanisms for Northern Thai
> Buddhist History (Justin McDaniel)
>
> 9. Emending Perfection. Prescript, Postscript and Practice in Newar Buddhist
> Manuscript Culture (Christoph Emmrich)
>
> 10. Flowers for the Dhamma: Painted Buddhist Palm-leaf Manuscript Covers
> from Sri Lanka (Bilinda Devage Nandadeva)
>
> 11. From Text to Image: Copying as Buddhist Practice in Late
> Fourteenth-Century Sukhothai (M.L. Pattaratorn Chirapravati)
>
>
> 

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Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu