Bardwell L. Smith was John W. Nason Professor of Religion and Asian StudiesEmeritus at Carleton College and the author of Narratives of Sorrow and Dignity: Japanese Women, Pregnancy Loss, and Modern Rituals of Grieving.
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Holds tremendous value for scholars of Theravada Buddhist history and those of Sri Lanka more generally by gathering together some of the most important contributions by one of the field's defining voices into a volume that celebrates his lifelong commitment to pluralism, tolerance, and reconciliation while scrutinizing the reasons these have been and continue to be difficult to sustain.-- "Reading Religion" (12/17/2024 12:00:00 AM) This volume draws together important writings by Professor Bardwell Smith, whose contributions to the study of Lankan political thought and practice have been formative for several fields. Smith's work helped generations of scholars to engage textual evidence from Sri Lanka, with an eye on wider South Asian contexts as well as to comparative studies in the history and sociology of religion. ?Many will benefit from access to this collection. --Anne M. Blackburn, Cornell University, author of Locations of Buddhism: Colonialism and Modernity in Sri Lanka