ABSTRACT
The Buddhist World joins a series of books on the world’s great religions and cultures, offering a lively and up-to-date survey of Buddhist studies for students and scholars alike. It explores regional varieties of Buddhism and core topics including buddha-nature, ritual, and pilgrimage. In addition to historical and geo-political views of Buddhism, the volume features thematic chapters on philosophical concepts such as ethics, as well as social constructs and categories such as community and family. The book also addresses lived Buddhism in its many forms, examining the ways in which modernity is reshaping traditional structures, ancient doctrines, and cosmological beliefs.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|147 pages
The Historical and Geo-Political Buddhist World
part II|148 pages
The Religio-Philosophical Buddhist World
part III|179 pages
The Buddhist Social World
part IV|165 pages
Biographies