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Plowing the Zen Field: Trends Since 1989 and Emerging Perspectives
Article first published online: 20 FEB 2012
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2011.00335.x
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Mohr, M. (2012), Plowing the Zen Field: Trends Since 1989 and Emerging Perspectives. Religion Compass, 6: 113–124. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-8171.2011.00335.x
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Abstract
This survey article focuses on the object and scope of Zen Studies, and on trends visible since 1989. It argues that scholarship about Chan, Zen, Chan, Seon, and Thiên should be more closely integrated with Buddhist Studies, and that the boundaries of this field need to be expanded. Critical and epistemologically aware scholarship only emerged in the 1990s. Hence, scholars need to make a concerted effort in devoting more attention to methodological issues. This in turn ought to be skillfully distilled to non-academic audiences.