Curators of Global Buddhism: a Case Study

Tenzan Eaghll

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Pages:: 123–151

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004763043-006

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This chapter provides a critical genealogy of “global Buddhism,” tracing its development from Martin Baumann’s 2001 article through scholarship by Cristina Rocha, David McMahan, and others. Despite claims of novelty, global Buddhism largely repackages the world religions paradigm in the language of globalization, privileging Euroamerican interpretations while marginalizing Asian expressions. Drawing on decolonial theory and Donald S. Lopez Jr.’s work on orientalism in Buddhist studies, the chapter points toward alternative approaches exemplified by Yoshiko Ashiwa and David Wank’s research on China’s state-sponsored brand of global Buddhism.

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Curating Global Religions

From Colonialism to Algorithmic Governmentality

Series: Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, Volume: 25

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004763043

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 21 May 2026

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- Religious Studies
  - Sociology of Religion

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