A Brief History of Buddhist Studies in Europe and America
A Brief History of Buddhist Studies in Europe and America

Author: Jan Willem Jong

Publisher:

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13:

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This book contains indispensable information concerning the history of Buddhist studies in Europe and the United States and presents the readers with a survey that ranges from 300 b.c. up to modern times. This is an essential reference work for students of Buddhism, who not only will benefit from the overview it gives of previous scholarly work, but also may find in it indicators of the paths their own future research might take. Includes an extensive and detailed bibliography and two indices.

Encyclopedia of Buddhism
Encyclopedia of Buddhism

Author: Damien Keown

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 1396

ISBN-13: 1136985956

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Reflects the current state of scholarship in Buddhist Studies, its entries being written by specialists in many areas, presenting an accurate overview of Buddhist history, thought and practices, most entries having cross-referencing to others and bibliographical references. Contain around 1000 pages and 500,000 words, totalling around 1200 entries.

American Buddhism
American Buddhism

Author: Christopher Queen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-18

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1136830332

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This is the first scholarly treatment of the emergence of American Buddhist Studies as a significant research field. Until now, few investigators have turned their attention to the interpretive challenge posed by the presence of all the traditional lineages of Asian Buddhism in a consciously multicultural society. Nor have scholars considered the place of their own contributions as writers, teachers, and practising Buddhists in this unfolding saga. In thirteen chapters and a critical introduction to the field, the book treats issues such as Asian American Buddhist identity, the new Buddhism, Buddhism and American culture, and the scholar's place in American Buddhist Studies. The volume offers complete lists of dissertations and theses on American Buddhism and North American dissertations and theses on topics related to Buddhism since 1892.

A History of Indian Buddhism
A History of Indian Buddhism

Author: Akira Hirakawa

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 436

ISBN-13: 9788120809550

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This comprehensive and detailed survey of the first six centuries of Indian Buddhism sums up the results of a lifetime of research and reflection by one of Japan's most renowned scholars of Buddhism.

The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism
The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism

Author: Michael K. Jerryson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 761

ISBN-13: 0199362386

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The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism offers a comprehensive collection of work by leading scholars in the field. They examine the historical development of Buddhist traditions throughout the world, from traditional settings like India, Japan, and Tibet, to the less well known regions of Latin America, Africa, and Oceania.

Teaching Buddhism in the West
Teaching Buddhism in the West

Author: Victor Sōgen Hori

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 9780700715565

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This book provides a series of thematically arranged articles written by contemporary scholars of Buddhism throughout North America.

Buddhist Theology
Buddhist Theology

Author: Roger Jackson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 113683012X

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Scholars of Buddhism, themselves Buddhist, here seek to apply the critical tools of the academy to reassess the truth and transformative value of their tradition in its relevance to the contemporary world.

Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism
Relics, Ritual, and Representation in Buddhism

Author: Kevin Trainor

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1997-06-13

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780521582803

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This book is a serious study of relic veneration among South Asian Buddhists. Drawing on textual sources and archaeological evidence from India and Sri Lanka, including material rarely examined in the West, it looks specifically at the practice of relic veneration in the Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhist tradition. The author portrays relic veneration as a technology of remembrance and representation which makes present the Buddha of the past for living Buddhists. By analysing the abstract ideas, emotional orientation and ritual behaviour centred on the Buddha's material remains, he contributes to the 'rematerializing' of Buddhism which is currently under way among Western scholars. This book is an excellent introduction to Buddhist relics. It is well written and accessible and will be read by scholars and serious students of Buddhism and religious studies for years to come.