# \#modernization

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## ["Early Buddhist Studies" , which isn't so much a study at all](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/early-buddhist-studies-which-isnt-so-much-a-study-at-all/257)

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**Author:** [@ekocare](https://classicaltheravada.org/u/ekocare)\
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**Last updated:** [July 8, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://classicaltheravada.org/t/early-buddhist-studies-which-isnt-so-much-a-study-at-all/257 "2022-07-08T19:42:40Z")

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Western academics, scholars, and thinkers in the Victoria era were disillusioned by Christianity. The new trend of the time was western rationalism and scientific naturalism and Romantic expressivism. So they looked for…