Book Series
Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
New & Published Titles:
Buddhist Monasticism in East Asia
Places of Practice
The area of Buddhist monasticism has long attracted the interest of Buddhist studies scholars and historians, but the interpretation of the nature and function of…
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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 moreApril 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54472-6 (Routledge)
The Origin of Buddhist Meditation
Having identified early material that goes back to the Buddha himself, the author argues that the two teachers of the Buddha were historical figures. Based…
read moreApril 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54467-2 (Routledge)
The Buddhist Theory of Self-Cognition
This highly original work explores the concept of self-awareness or self-consciousness in Buddhist thought. Its central thesis is that the Buddhist theory of self-cognition originated… read moreApril 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54438-2 (Routledge)
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Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka
Interdisciplinary in its approach, this book explores the dilemmas that Buddhism faces in relation to the continuing ethnic conflict and violence in modern Sri Lanka.…
read moreApril 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54441-2 (Routledge)
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Theravada Buddhism and the British Encounter
Religious, Missionary and Colonial Experience in Nineteenth Century Sri Lanka
This major new work explores the British encounter with Buddhism in nineteenth century Sri Lanka, examining the way Buddhism was represented and constructed in the…
read moreApril 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54442-9 (Routledge)
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Discourse and Ideology in Medieval Japanese Buddhism
The medieval period of Japanese religious history is commonly known as one in which there was a radical transformation of the religious culture. This book…
read moreApril 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54445-0 (Routledge)
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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 moreApril 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54470-2 (Routledge)
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Beyond Enlightenment
Buddhism, Religion, Modernity
The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally…
read moreApril 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54444-3 (Routledge)
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 moreApril 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54469-6 (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:
Buddhism in Australia: Traditions in Change
Edited by Cristina Rocha, Michelle Barker
To be published March 15th 2010
Tibetan Rituals of Death: Buddhist Funerary Practices
By Margaret Gouin
To be published May 31st 2010