Introducing Buddhism is the ideal resource for all students beginning the study of this fascinating religion. Damien Keown and Charles S. Prebish, two of today's leading Buddhist scholars, explain the key teachings of Buddhism, and trace the historical development and spread of the religion from its beginnings down to the present day. A chapter is devoted to each of the major regions where Buddhism has flourished: India, South East Asia, East Asia and Tibet. In addition to this regional focus, the introduction takes contemporary concerns into account, covering important and relevant topics such as Engaged Buddhism, Buddhist Ethics and Buddhism and the Western World, as well as a chapter devoted to Meditation.
Introducing Buddhism also includes illustrations, lively quotations from original sources, learning goals, summary boxes, questions for discussion, and suggestions for further reading, to aid study and revision.
Introducing Buddhism, Charles Prebish, Damien Keown, Routledge, Paperback, 299 Pages, $35.95
Charles S. Prebish is Professor of Religion at Penn State University.
Damien Keown is Professor of Religion at Goldsmiths College, London. Keown is the author of the bestsellingVery Short Introduction to Buddhism (1996) which has sold over 50,000 copies.
They are the editors of the Curzon series Critical Studies in Buddhism and of the forthcoming Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism.
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