@article{Walker_2021, title={Theravada Literature After “Roads Taken and Not Taken”: Reflections on Recent Textual Studies}, volume={22}, url={https://www.globalbuddhism.org/article/view/1304}, DOI={10.5281/zenodo.4727617}, abstractNote={<p class="Abstract">This article sketches the study of Theravada Buddhist literature over the past twenty-five years. Drawing on Charles Hallisey’s influential essay, “Roads Taken and Not Taken in the Study of Theravāda Buddhism,” I survey the ways in which scholars have heeded his calls to study texts beyond the canon, to attend to issues of translation, and to examine the local production of meaning. I show how these calls correspond to three recent trends: increased emphasis on non-canonical Pali and vernacular texts; a renewed interest in multilingual texts and the cultures of translation that shaped them; and new models for charting intellectual histories of Theravada Buddhist societies beyond local confines.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Global Buddhism}, author={Walker, Trent}, year={2021}, month={Apr.}, pages={199–209} }