Sven Markus Bretfeld
About
South and Central Asian Religious History, Buddhism, Systematics of Religious Studies, Intra-Religious Non-Conformity.
Publications
2025
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Bretfeld, Sven Markus.
(2025)
Buddhist India and Sri Lanka.
Academic chapter
2022
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Bretfeld, Sven.
(2022)
Theravada: Sectarianism and Diversity in Mahavihara Historiography.
Academic chapter
2021
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Simone, Daniela de;
Bretfeld, Sven;
Balogh, Dániel.
(2021)
The Āsana: Where the Buddha Sat.
Academic chapter
2020
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Bretfeld, Sven.
(2020)
The Later Spread of Buddhism in Tibet.
Academic chapter
2019
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Bretfeld, Sven.
(2019)
Theravada Buddhism.
Non-fiction chapter
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Bretfeld, Sven.
(2019)
Theravada Buddhism.
Academic chapter
2018
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Bretfeld, Sven.
(2018)
Buddhism Endangered by Hidden Enemies: Conspiracy Narratives in Sri Lankan Buddhist Present and Past.
Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion
Academic article
2016
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Bretfeld, Sven;
Zander, Helmut.
(2016)
Henry Steel Olcott: The Buddhist Catechism.
Academic chapter
2015
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Bretfeld, Sven.
(2015)
Purifying the Pure: The Visuddhimagga, Forest-Dwellers and the Dynamics of Individual and Collective Prestige in Theravada Buddhism.
Academic chapter
Journal publications
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Bretfeld, Sven.
(2018)
Buddhism Endangered by Hidden Enemies: Conspiracy Narratives in Sri Lankan Buddhist Present and Past.
Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Bretfeld, Sven Markus.
(2025)
Buddhist India and Sri Lanka.
Academic chapter
-
Simone, Daniela de;
Bretfeld, Sven;
Balogh, Dániel.
(2021)
The Āsana: Where the Buddha Sat.
Academic chapter
-
Bretfeld, Sven.
(2019)
Theravada Buddhism.
Non-fiction chapter
-
Bretfeld, Sven.
(2020)
The Later Spread of Buddhism in Tibet.
Academic chapter
-
Bretfeld, Sven.
(2022)
Theravada: Sectarianism and Diversity in Mahavihara Historiography.
Academic chapter
-
Bretfeld, Sven.
(2015)
Purifying the Pure: The Visuddhimagga, Forest-Dwellers and the Dynamics of Individual and Collective Prestige in Theravada Buddhism.
Academic chapter
-
Bretfeld, Sven.
(2019)
Theravada Buddhism.
Academic chapter
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Bretfeld, Sven;
Zander, Helmut.
(2016)
Henry Steel Olcott: The Buddhist Catechism.
Academic chapter
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2022
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Conference lecture
2019
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Lecture
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Conference lectureBretfeld, Sven. (2019) Zur Bedeutung von Theravada: Genealogische Identitatsbildung in einer pluralistischen buddhistischen Welt. Gastvortrag
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Conference lecture
2018
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Conference lectureBretfeld, Sven. (2018) The Mahinda Story and the Politics of Transnational Representation. Conference
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Conference lectureBretfeld, Sven. (2018) The Mahinda Story and the Politics of Transnational Representation. Founding Conference of the Transnational Network of Theravada Studies
2017
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Conference lectureBretfeld, Sven. (2017) The Foreigner as Religious Defiler: Buddhist Conspiracy Theories as Narratives of Negative Entanglement. Processes of Transcultural Entanglement and Disentanglement
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Conference lecture
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Conference lectureBretfeld, Sven. (2017) Emplacing Orthodoxy: The Promotion of Theravada in Lanko-Centric Cosmographies. Conference Buddhism and Place-Making
2015
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Conference lectureBretfeld, Sven. (2015) Tantric Theravada: Maritime Connections in the Indian Ocean and the Scholarly Interest of Mapping "World Religions". IAHR World Congress
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Conference lectureBretfeld, Sven; Kollmar-Paulenz, Karenina. (2015) Global History of Religions: Methodological Probings (panel). IAHR World Congress
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Conference lectureBretfeld, Sven. (2015) Local and Translocal Dimensions in the Making of Theravada Buddhism. Workshop
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Conference lectureBretfeld, Sven. (2015) Mahayana and Tantra Adepts in Theravada Buddhism. School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
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Conference lectureBretfeld, Sven. (2015) Local and Translocal Dimensions in the Making of Theravada Buddhism. Workshop of ERC Project "Beyond Boundaries"
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Lecture