Playing in Emptiness: An Introduction to Zen Buddhist Discourse - Hardcover
by Carl Olson
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Wipf & Stock PublishersISBN-13:9798385216000UPC:9798385216000Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:BuddhismBook Topic:Zen (see also PhilosophySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.1199Product ID:SCK0KZEARA
The purpose of Playing in Emptiness is to expose readers to the notion of play in Zen/Chan Buddhism and its manifestation in emptiness, language, strange teaching methods, the erotic, comic, the fine arts, and the martial arts with the goal of shedding new light on the religious tradition.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Wipf & Stock PublishersISBN-13:9798385216000UPC:9798385216000Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:BuddhismBook Topic:Zen (see also PhilosophySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.63 inchesWeight:1.1199Product ID:SCK0KZEARA
Carl Olson is professor emeritus of religious studies at Allegheny College. Besides over 240 reviews and essays published in scholarly journals and book anthologies, he is the author of twenty-three books, including: The Stain of Erro on the Self (2024); The Nostalgia for Origins: Religion, Evolution, Cognition, and Memory (2024); Religious Ways of Experiencing Life (2016); and Indian Asceticism (2015).
Olson has been awarded the National Endowment for the Humanities chair; The Teacher-Scholar Professorship of the Humanities; and Visiting Fellowship at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.
Olson has been awarded the National Endowment for the Humanities chair; The Teacher-Scholar Professorship of the Humanities; and Visiting Fellowship at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.
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