Book Series
Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
New & Published Titles:
Buddhist Manuscript Cultures
Knowledge, ritual, and art
Buddhist Manuscript Cultures explores how religious and cultural practices in premodern Asia were shaped by literary and artistic traditions as well as by Buddhist material…
read more2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77616-5 (Routledge)
Power, Wealth and Women in Indian Mahayana Buddhism
The Gandavyuha-sutra
This book examines the concepts of power, wealth and women in the important Mahayana Buddhist scripture known as the Gandavyuha-sutra, and relates these to the…
read more2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-48073-4 (Routledge)
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British Buddhism
Teachings, Practice and Development
British Buddhism presents a useful insight into contemporary British Buddhist practice. It provides a survey of the seven largest Buddhist traditions in the United Kingdom,…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48308-7 (Routledge)
Religion, Medicine and the Human Embryo in Tibet
This book explores the cultural history of embryology in Tibet, in culture, religion, art and literature, and what this reveals about its medicine and religion.…
read more2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-44115-5 (Routledge)
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The Cultural Practices of Modern Chinese Buddhism
Attuning the Dharma
Buddhism in China during the late Qing and Republican period remained a powerful cultural and religious force. Francesca Tarocco is a rising star in this…
read more2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-37503-0 (Routledge)
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Mindfulness in Early Buddhism
New Approaches through Psychology and Textual Analysis of Pali, Chinese and Sanskrit Sources
This book identifies what is meant by sati (smrti), usually translated as ‘mindfulness’, in early Buddhism, and examines its soteriological functions and its central role…
read more2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-43737-0 (Routledge)
Environmental Ethics in Buddhism
A Virtues Approach
Environmental Ethics in Buddhism presents a logical and thorough examination of the metaphysical and ethical dimensions of early Buddhist literature. The author determines the meaning…
read more2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39679-0 (Routledge)
Buddhist Rituals of Death and Rebirth
Contemporary Sri Lankan Practice and Its Origins
In Buddhist thought and practice, death has always been a central concept. This book provides a careful and thorough analysis of the rituals and social…
read more2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39496-3 (Routledge)
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Buddhism, Power and Political Order
Weber's claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted from supramundane interests to…
read more2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41018-2 (Routledge)
New Buddhist Movements in Thailand
Towards an Understanding of Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke
Vastly different in belief and practice, two new Buddhist religious movements in Thailand, namely the Wat Phra Dhammakaya and Santi Asoke emerged in Thailand in…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40869-1 (Routledge)
Series Details:
Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism is a comprehensive study of the Buddhist tradition. The series explores this complex and extensive tradition from a variety of perspectives, using a range of different methodologies. The series is diverse in its focus, including historical, philological, cultural, and sociological investigations into the manifold features and expressions of Buddhism worldwide. It also presents works of constructive and reflective analysis, including the role of Buddhist thought and scholarship in a contemporary, critical context and in the light of current social issues. The series is expansive and imaginative in scope, spanning more than two and a half millennia of Buddhist history. It is receptive to all research works that are of significance and interest to the broader field of Buddhist Studies.
Some of the titles in the series are published in association with the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, which conducts and promotes rigorous teaching and research into all forms of the Buddhist tradition.
Editorial Advisory Board:
James A. Benn, McMaster University, Canada
Jinhua Chen, The University of British Columbia, Canada
Rupert Gethin, University of Bristol, UK
Peter Harvey, University of Sunderland, UK
Sallie King, James Madison University, USA
Anne Klein, Rice University, USA
Ulrich Pagel, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK
John Powers, Australian National University
Juliane Schober, Arizona State University, USA
Donald Swearer, Harvard University, USA
Vesna A. Wallace, University of California-Santa Barbara, USA
Paul Williams, University of Bristol, UK
Forthcoming Titles:
Buddhist Monasticism in East Asia: Places of Practice
Edited by James Robson, James Alexander Benn, Lori R. Meeks
To be published July 8th 2009