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- Raoul Birnbaum + (Raoul+Birnbaum+works+in+the+interdisciplin … Raoul+Birnbaum+works+in+the+interdisciplinary+field+of+Buddhist+studies%2C+with+special+focus+on+China.+Trained+in+visual+studies%2C+history+of+religions%2C+and+ethnography%2C+his+research+is+rooted+in+historical+approaches.+These+studies+have+concentrated+on+three+great+themes+in+the+history+of+Chinese+Buddhist+life%3A+the+major+deity+cults%2C+visions+of+the+landscape+intertwined+with+religion%2C+and+close+examination+of+dimensions+of+the+lives+of+individuals+within+this+religious+field.+Following+an+earlier+focus+on+medieval+times+in+China%2C+in+recent+decades+he+has+concentrated+on+significant+figures+of+the+late+19th+and+early+20th+centuries%2C+as+well+as+the+17th-century+figures+and+phenomena+to+which+they+often+turned+as+the+models+and+sources+for+their+practical+and+conceptual+foundations.%0A%0AThe+largest+on-going+project+focuses+on+the+artist-monk+Hongyi+%E5%BC%98%E4%B8%80%E5%A4%A7%E5%B8%AB+%281880-1942%29%2C+a+remarkably+complex%2C+inventive%2C+and+influential+figure+in+Chinese+Buddhist+worlds.+A+project+on+one+of+his+contemporaries%2C+the+prominent+lay+Buddhist+Gao+Henian+%E9%AB%98%E9%B6%B4%E5%B9%B4+%281872%E2%80%931962%29%2C+is+on+the+horizon.+And+in+a+comparative+vein+as+a+project+parallel+to+the+Hongyi+studies%2C+he+has+been+investigating+the+many+worlds+of+St.+Francis%2C+with+field+research+in+that+medieval+saint%27s+Umbrian+homeland.%0A%0ABirnbaum%27s+work+has+been+strongly+influenced+by+intensive+field+study+over+several+decades+within+Chinese+Buddhist+monastic+communities+and+across+a+wide+variety+of+the+mountain+sites+that+form+the+backbone+of+this+tradition%E2%80%99s+conceptual+geography.+%28%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fhavc.ucsc.edu%2Ffaculty%2Fraoul-birnbaum+Source+Accessed+Aug+9%2C+2021%5D%29rnbaum+Source+Accessed+Aug+9%2C+2021%5D%29)