Popular Religion in China

The Imperial Metaphor

By Stephan Feuchtwang

The institution of local festivals and temples is not as well known as that of ancestor worship, but it is just as much a universal...

Published March 9th 2001 by Routledge.

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Buddhist Thought

A Complete Introduction to the Indian Tradition

By Anthony J. Tribe, Paul Williams

Buddhist Thought guides the reader towards a richer understanding of the central concepts of classical Indian Buddhist thought, from the time of Buddha, to the...

Published December 12th 2000 by Routledge.

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Japanese Buddhism

By Sir Charles Eliot

Written as a companion to Eliot's 3-volume Hinduism and Buddhism this text begins with an overview of Buddhism as practiced in India and China before presenting an...

Published September 6th 2000 by Routledge.

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Innovative Buddhist Women

Swimming Against the Stream

By Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Combines the voices of scholars and practitioners in analysing Buddhist women's history. 26 articles document the lives of women who have set in motion changes...

Published July 25th 2000 by Routledge.

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Contemporary Buddhist Ethics

By Damien Keown

This innovative volume brings together the views of leading scholars on a range of controversial subjects including human rights, animal rights, ecology, abortion, euthanasia, and...

Published June 22nd 2000 by Routledge.

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Early Buddhism: A New Approach

The I of the Beholder

By Sue Hamilton-Blyth

Published May 16th 2000 by Routledge.

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The Glorious Deeds of Purna

A Translation and Study of the Purnavadana

By Joel Tatelman

By providing an annotated translation of, and applying the methods of literary criticism to, a first-century account of the life of the saint Purna, this...

Published November 22nd 1999 by Routledge.

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Buddhist Theology

Critical Reflections by Contemporary Buddhist Scholars

By Roger Jackson, John Makransky

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...

Published November 5th 1999 by Routledge.

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American Buddhism

Methods and Findings in Recent Scholarship

By Christopher Queen, Duncan Ryuken Williams

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...

Published August 5th 1999 by Routledge.

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The Sound of Liberating Truth

Buddhist-Christian Dialogues in Honor of Frederick J. Streng

By Paul Ingram, Sallie B. King

Offers essays and dialogues by well-known Buddhist and Christian scholars on topics that were of primary interest to Frederick J. Streng, in whose honour the...

Published July 20th 1999 by Routledge.

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