Bryan Lowe
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Bryan Lowe deposited REL 280: Zen Buddhism Syllabus (2022) on Humanities Commons 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Syllabus for 2022 version of my course: Zen Buddhism.
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Bryan Lowe deposited Japanese Mythology Syllabus in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoSyllabus for Japanese Mythology Spring 2021
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Bryan Lowe deposited Japanese Mythology Syllabus in the group
Premodern Japanese History on Humanities Commons 2 years, 4 months agoSyllabus for Japanese Mythology Spring 2021
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Syllabus for Japanese Mythology Spring 2021
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Bryan Lowe deposited Protection without punishment: Turning to Buddhist gods during Covid-19 on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months ago
My contribution to the Immanent Frame project on “Pandemic, Religion, and Public Life.” It’s a story on disease, divine protection, and penance ritual. What can early Japanese Buddhism teach us about our present moment?
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Bryan Lowe deposited Roads, State, and Religion in Japanese Antiquity on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months ago
This is a story of the possibilities created by connection but also of the inherent fragility of movement within a network. It uses a case study of roads in ancient Japan (defined as late seventh through early ninth centuries) to show how networks not only amplify interaction but also isolation. This article explores the religious implications of…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited Power and History in Japanese Buddhism Syllabus on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months ago
Syllabus for a graduate reading course on secondary scholarship on Japanese Buddhism
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Bryan Lowe deposited Readings in Japanese Religions: Ancient and Medieval Buddhist Texts Syllabus on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months ago
Syllabus for graduate seminar on premodern Japanese Buddhist texts from fall of 2019
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Bryan Lowe deposited Religion in Japanese Culture Syllabus on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months ago
Syllabus for Religion in Japanese Culture from the fall of 2020.
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Syllabus for my course on Zen Buddhism from spring 2020.
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Bryan Lowe's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 2 years, 8 months ago
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Bryan Lowe deposited States of “State Buddhism”: History, Religion, and Politics in Late Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Scholarship in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoThe most commonly employed framework for assessing the religion of the Nara period (710-784) remains the state Buddhism model (kokka Bukkyo ron 国家仏教論) advanced by Inoue Mitsusada 井上光貞 (1917-1983). While Inoue provided the most systematic and influential version of this thesis, this article traces its origins at least as far back as the Meiji peri…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited States of “State Buddhism”: History, Religion, and Politics in Late Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Scholarship in the group
History on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoThe most commonly employed framework for assessing the religion of the Nara period (710-784) remains the state Buddhism model (kokka Bukkyo ron 国家仏教論) advanced by Inoue Mitsusada 井上光貞 (1917-1983). While Inoue provided the most systematic and influential version of this thesis, this article traces its origins at least as far back as the Meiji peri…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited States of “State Buddhism”: History, Religion, and Politics in Late Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Scholarship in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoThe most commonly employed framework for assessing the religion of the Nara period (710-784) remains the state Buddhism model (kokka Bukkyo ron 国家仏教論) advanced by Inoue Mitsusada 井上光貞 (1917-1983). While Inoue provided the most systematic and influential version of this thesis, this article traces its origins at least as far back as the Meiji peri…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited Contingent and Contested: Preliminary Remarks on Buddhist Catalogs and Canons in Early Japan in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoThis article explores the notion of the Buddhist canon in seventh- and eighth-century Japan. It relies on scriptorium documents, temple records, and manuscripts of catalogs to argue that there was no single Buddhist canon in ancient Japan; each was created at a particular moment in a unique configuration to respond to the needs of the patron and…[Read more]
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Bryan Lowe deposited Contingent and Contested: Preliminary Remarks on Buddhist Catalogs and Canons in Early Japan in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 6 years, 4 months agoThis article explores the notion of the Buddhist canon in seventh- and eighth-century Japan. It relies on scriptorium documents, temple records, and manuscripts of catalogs to argue that there was no single Buddhist canon in ancient Japan; each was created at a particular moment in a unique configuration to respond to the needs of the patron and…[Read more]
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