TY - JOUR AU - Walker, Trent PY - 2021/04/21 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Theravada Literature After “Roads Taken and Not Taken”: Reflections on Recent Textual Studies JF - Journal of Global Buddhism JA - JGB VL - 22 IS - 1 SE - Symposium: New Roads in Theravada Studies DO - 10.5281/zenodo.4727617 UR - https://www.globalbuddhism.org/article/view/1304 SP - 199-209 AB - <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> ER -