Charles S. (Hrsg.) Prebish

Westward Dharma

Buddhism Beyond Asia

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Like seeds on the wind, Buddhist teachings continue to reach new lands. This outstanding book brings to light, in rich detail, the current flowering of Buddhism in the West. Long a world religion, Buddhism is now a global one.-Kenneth Kraft, author of The Wheel of Engaged BuddhismWestward Dharma deserves a place on the growing bookshelf of contemporary Buddhist studies. Prebish and Baumann broaden our horizons from North America to the wider Western world, exploring key aspects of Buddhism's most recent geographical and cultural expansion.-Paul David Numrich, coauthor of Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs in America.

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Baumann, Martin (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-520-23490-1
EAN: 9780520234901
Produktnummer: 9880018
Verlag: University of California Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
Seitenangabe: 436 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.8 cm 635 g
Abbildungen: 6 tables
Gewicht: 635
Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor

Charles S. Prebish is Professor of Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University and author and editor of numerous works, including Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America (California, 1999), A Survey of Vinaya Literature (1994), and American Buddhism (1979). He is coeditor of The Faces of Buddhism in America (California, 1998) and the electronic Journal of Buddhist Ethics. Martin Baumann is Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland, and research fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at Hannover University, Germany. He is the author of Diaspora: Hindus and Trinidad (2002), Migration, Religion, Integration (2000), and Deutsche Buddhisten: Geschichte and Gemeinschaften (1993). He is also coeditor of Religions fo the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices (2002). Prebish and Buamann are coeditors of the electronic Journal of Global Buddhism (http://www.globalbuddhism.org).