Dr Edward Crangle

BA, PhD Qld

Lecturer
S344 John Woolley Building A20

+61 2 9351 7653

Research areas

  • Consciousness Studies
  • Buddhism, especially Buddhist Contemplative Practices and Healing
  • Mandaeism, especially Mandaean Contemplative Practices and Healing

Selected publications

Books

  • Crangle, Edward F. (ed.) Esotericism and the Control of Knowledge, Volume 5, Sydney Studies in Religion, Professor Garry W. Trompf (general editor), Sydney: Department of Studies in Religion, University of Sydney, 2004.
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  • Crangle, Edward F. The Origin and Development of Early Indian Contemplative Practices, Volume 29, Studies in Oriental Religions series, Walther Heissing and Hans-Joachim Klimkeit (eds), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 1994.
  • Crangle, Edward F. and Brikha H.S. Na'oraia, Ma'buta: The Mandaean Baptism, Dr Erica Hunter, (Senior Editor) Corpus Codicum Mandaeorum series, Brepols Publishers, 2008.
  • Crangle, Edward F. and Brikha H.S. Na'oraia,The Na'oraian: Extraordinary Priestcraft in Mandaeism, Dr Erica Hunter, (Senior Editor) Corpus Codicum Mandaeorum series, Brepols Publishers, 2008.
  • Crangle, Edward F. The Sutta Basis for Momentary Consciousness, forthcoming.

Book articles

  • "A Comparison of Hindu and Buddhist Techniques of Attaining Samàdhi", in Under the Shade of a Coolibah Tree, (eds) R.A. Hutch and P.G. Fenner, Lanham: University Press of America, 1984, pp. 187-199.

Refereed journal articles

  • “Tertiary Teaching in Korea: an Australian Perspective”, Journal of Australian Studies, 5/1, 1998, 99-106.
  • "Styles of Discourse in World Construction", Chung-Ang International, vol. II (1997), 7-9.
  • “Hermeneutics and the Ontological Categorisation of Religious Experience”, Australian Religion Studies Review, 9/2, Spring 1997, 22-31.
  • “Concerning the Truth About Ultimate Things”, Applied Language and Literacy Research, Volume 1, No. 1, (1996), ALLR Online Journal.
  • “Will and the Way”, Social Alternatives, 14/4, October 1995, 20-22.
  • "Cognitive Styles and Studies in Religion", Australian Religion Studies Review, 8/1, Autumn, 1995, 22-26.

Conference papers

  • The Bodhisattva Intent: Guanyin and the Dynamics of Healing in Buddhist Meditation, Chung-Hua Institute of Buddhist Studies, forthcoming March 2006.
  • Keynote Address: “The Basis of Healing in Buddhist Meditation”, Celebration of the Twentieth Anniversary Ceremony for the Buddhayana Order Mahayana Zengong Organization, Taipei, Taiwan 2005.
  • [[i||Keynote Address : “Healing Mental Imbalance”, Second Mitra Australian Buddhist Youth Conference, Sydney 2005.
  • Keynote Address: “Connecting Heart and Mind”, Mitra Inaugural Intervaristy Buddhism Youth Conference, Sydney 2004.
  • “Life, Death and Rebirth”, jointly presented with Venerable Sujato, Mitra Inaugural Intervaristy Buddhism Youth Conference, Sydney 2004.
  • Keynote Address: “Yoga and Spirit”, Yoga: Science of Infinite Possibilities Conference, University of Sydney, 2004.
  • "Cognitive Styles and the Formation of Economic Policy: A Discussion on Young-Il Park's Australian Manufacturing Industry Policy and Performance since the 1980's," Inaugural Conference on Korea-Australia Partnership in Culture, Politics and Economy, Professor Hyung-Shik Kim & Professor Choong-Yong Ahn (eds), Seoul: Australian Studies Institute, Chung-Ang University & Graduate School of International Studies, Chung-Ang University, 1997, pp. 212-219.