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Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
New & Published Titles:
Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan and Sri Lanka
A Critique of the Feminist Perspective
Taking a comparative approach, this fieldwork-based study explores the lives and thoughts of Buddhist nuns in present-day Taiwan and Sri Lanka. The author examines the…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-39042-2 (Routledge)
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Metaphor and Literalism in Buddhism
The Doctrinal History of Nirvana
Soonil Hwang studies the doctrinal development of nirvana in the Pali Nikaaya and subsequent tradition and compares it with the Chinese aagama and its traditional…
read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35550-6 (Routledge)
Remaking Buddhism for Medieval Nepal
The Fifteenth-Century Reformation of Newar Buddhism
Will Tuladhar-Douglas sheds new light on an important branch of Mahayana Buddhism and establishes the existence, character and causes of a renaissance of Buddhism in… read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35919-1 (Routledge)
Indian Buddhist Theories of Persons
Vasubandhu's Refutation of the Theory of a Self
In this book, Vasubandhu's classic work Refutation of the Theory of a Self is translated and provided with an introduction and commentary. The translation, the… read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40611-6 (Routledge)
The Buddhist Unconscious
The Alaya-vijñana in the context of Indian Buddhist Thought
This is the story of fifth century CE India, when the Yogacarin Buddhists tested the awareness of unawareness, and became aware of human unawareness to… read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40607-9 (Routledge)
Buddhist Phenomenology
A Philosophical Investigation of Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun
A richly complex study of the Yogacara tradition of Buddhism, divided into five parts: the first on Buddhism and phenomenology, the second on the four… read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40610-9 (Routledge)
Buddhism in Canada
Buddhism has become a major religion in Canada over the last half-century. The 'ethnic Buddhism' associated with immigrant Asian people is the most important aspect,… read more2006 | Hardback: 978-0-415-32279-9 (Routledge)
Self, Reality and Reason in Tibetan Philosophy
Tsongkhapa's Quest for the Middle Way
The work explores the historical and intellectual context of Tsongkhapa's philosophy and addresses the critical issues related to questions of development and originality in Tsongkhapa's… read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40605-5 (Routledge)
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Buddhist Thought and Applied Psychological Research
Transcending the Boundaries
Written by leading scholars and including a foreword by the Dalai Lama, this book explores the interface between Buddhist studies and the uses of Buddhist…
read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-37431-6 (Routledge)
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Moral Theory in Santideva's Siksasamuccaya
Cultivating the Fruits of Virtue
This important text analyzes the moral theory of the seventh century Indian Mahayana master, Santideva, author of the well-known religious poem, the Bodhicaryavatara (Entering the…
read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34696-2 (Routledge)
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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