Buddhism and Medicine

An Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Sources
Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-231-18936-1
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 424 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 242 mm x 165 mm, Gewicht: 762 g

Over the centuries, Buddhist ideas have influenced medical thought and practice in complex and varied ways in diverse regions and cultures. A companion to Buddhism and Medicine: An Anthology of Premodern Sources, this work presents a collection of modern and contemporary texts and conversations from across the Buddhist world dealing with the multifaceted relationship between Buddhism and medicine.

Covering the early modern period to the present, this anthology focuses on how Buddhism and medicine were shaped by the forces of colonialism, science, and globalization, as well as ruptures and reconciliations between tradition and modernity. The anthology highlights diversity and innovation in the encounters between Buddhist and medical thought. Editor C. Pierce Salguero and an international collection of scholars specializing in the intersections of Buddhism and medicine present a range of different perspectives rooted in distinct times and places. The book includes translations relating to various aspects of Buddhism and healing across modern Asia, accounts by missionaries and colonial authorities, and materials from the contemporary United States and United Kingdom. The chapters contain a wide range of sources, such as translations of published and unpublished documents and transcripts of ethnographic interviews. Together, these diverse sources illustrate the many ways in which Buddhism and medicine have intersected in the past and how this nexus continues to be crucial in today’s global context.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Salguero, C. Pierce

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Buddhismus: Leben & Praxis, Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religion & Wissenschaft

Über Autor(innen)

C. Pierce Salguero is associate professor of Asian history and religious studies at Pennsylvania State University’s Abington College. He is the editor of Buddhism and Medicine: An Anthology of Premodern Sources (Columbia, 2017) and the author of Translating Buddhist Medicine in Medieval China (2014) and Traditional Thai Medicine (2016).