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Buddhist Studies from India to America
Essays in Honor of Charles S. Prebish
Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
Buddhist Studies from India to America covers four important areas of Buddhist Studies: Vinaya Studies and Ethics, the history of Buddhist schools, Western Buddhism, and Inter-religious dialogue. These are the main areas which Charles S. Prebish has either inaugurated or helped to define; and...
Published September 11th 2010 by Routledge
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Introducing Buddhism
2nd Edition
Series: World Religions
Introducing Buddhism is the ideal resource for all students beginning the study of this fascinating religious tradition. It explains the religion’s key teachings and traces its historical development and geographical spread of from its foundations up to present day. Charles S. Prebish and Damien...
Published December 1st 2009 by Routledge
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Encyclopedia of Buddhism
'It is an excellent advocate for both reference publishing and for the belief system it represents' - Reference Reviews 'This work is a crucial source for specialists...Highly recommended' - G. J. Reece, American University, Choice The Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism is a complete up-to-date...
Published August 24th 2009 by Routledge
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Introducing Buddhism
Series: World Religions
Introducing Buddhism is the ideal resource for all students beginning the study of this fascinating religion. Charles S. Prebish and Damien Keown, two of today’s leading Buddhist scholars, explain the key teachings of Buddhism, and trace the historical development and spread of the religion from...
Published June 25th 2006 by Routledge
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Action Dharma
New Studies in Engaged Buddhism
Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
Action Dharma charts the emergence of a new chapter in an ancient faith - the rise of social service and political activism in Buddhist Asia and the West. Fourteen new essays treat the historical origins, global range, teachings and practices, and leaders and organizations that make up the latest...
Published May 28th 2003 by Routledge
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Contemporary Buddhist Ethics
Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
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 contemporary business practice....
Published June 21st 2000 by Routledge
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Buddhism and Human Rights
Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
It is difficult to think of a more urgent question for Buddhism in the late twentieth century than human rights. The political, ethical and philosophical questions surrounding human rights are debated vigorously in political and intellectual circles throughout the world and now in this volume....
Published November 20th 1997 by Routledge