Book Series
Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
New & Published Titles:
Buddhism in the Public Sphere
Reorienting Global Interdependence
The core teachings and practices of Buddhism are systematically directed toward developing keen and caring insight into the relational or interdependent nature of all things.…
read moreApril 2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54443-6 (Routledge)
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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Buddhist Meditation
An Anthology of Texts from the Pali Canon
Meditative practice lies at the heart of the Buddhist tradition. This introductory anthology gives a representative sample of the various kinds of meditations described in…
read more2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48568-5 (Routledge)
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)
The Biographies of Rechungpa
The Evolution of a Tibetan Hagiography
This book traces the lifestory of Rechungpa (1084-1161) - the student of the famous teacher Milarepa - using rare and little-known manuscripts, and discovers how…
read more2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-76995-2 (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:
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