The Essential Guide to Buddhism - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Gwendolyn GillsonSeries:Essential Guides to ReligionPublish date:2024-08-08Pages:224
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN-13:9781350385023ISBN-10:1350385026UPC:9781350385023Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:BuddhismBook Topic:History, Rituals & PracticeSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.56 inchesWeight:1.21Product ID:SC22PDBCC9
Beginning with an overview of Buddhism, this book explores the religion'sorigins in northern India and Nepal, through to its development and spreadacross Asia, to its vibrant and sometimes contradictory present.
Key topics explored in the study of Buddhism, include rituals and its scriptures, meditation and monasticism, death and the afterlife, along with contemporary issues such as Buddhism and economics.
Over 70 illustrations are included throughout and each chapter contains suggested further reading and a glossary of key terms and concepts.
The chapters in this book were first published in the digital collection Bloomsbury Religion in North America. Covering North America's diverse religious traditions, this digital collection provides reliable and peer-reviewed articles and ebooks for students and instructors. Learn more and get access for your library atwww.theologyandreligiononline.com/bloomsbury-religion-in-north-america
Key topics explored in the study of Buddhism, include rituals and its scriptures, meditation and monasticism, death and the afterlife, along with contemporary issues such as Buddhism and economics.
Over 70 illustrations are included throughout and each chapter contains suggested further reading and a glossary of key terms and concepts.
The chapters in this book were first published in the digital collection Bloomsbury Religion in North America. Covering North America's diverse religious traditions, this digital collection provides reliable and peer-reviewed articles and ebooks for students and instructors. Learn more and get access for your library atwww.theologyandreligiononline.com/bloomsbury-religion-in-north-america
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN-13:9781350385023ISBN-10:1350385026UPC:9781350385023Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:BuddhismBook Topic:History, Rituals & PracticeSize:9.61 x 6.69 x 0.56 inchesWeight:1.21Product ID:SC22PDBCC9
Gwendolyn Gillson is Assistant Professor of Asian Studies at Illinois College, USA.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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