Book Series
Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
New & Published Titles:
How Buddhism Began
The Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings
Written by one of the world's top scholars in the field of Pali Buddhism, this new and updated edition of How Buddhism Began, discusses various…
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Buddhist Studies from India to America
Essays in Honor of Charles S. Prebish
Buddhist Studies from India to America covers four important areas of Buddhist Studies: Vinaya Studies and Ethics, the history of Buddhist schools, Western Buddhism, and…
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Mipham's Dialectics and the Debates on Emptiness
To Be, Not to Be or Neither
This is an introduction to the Buddhist philosophy of Emptiness which explores a number of themes in connection with the concept of Emptiness, a highly… read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-35252-9 (Routledge)
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The Philosophy of Desire in the Buddhist Pali Canon
David Webster explores the notion of desire as found in the Buddhist Pali Canon. Beginning by addressing the idea of a 'paradox of desire', whereby… read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34652-8 (Routledge)
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Early Buddhist Metaphysics
The Making of a Philosophical Tradition
Early Buddhist Metaphysics provides a philosophical account of the major doctrinal shift in the history of early Theravada tradition in India: the transition from the… read more2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34519-4 (Routledge)
The Notion of Ditthi in Theravada Buddhism
The Point of View
The notion of 'view' or 'opinion' (ditthi) as an obstacle to 'seeing things as they are' is a central concept in Buddhist thought. This book… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-34293-3 (Routledge)
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The Concept of the Buddha
Its Evolution from Early Buddhism to the Trikaya Theory
Guang Xing gives an analysis of one of the fundamental Mahayana Buddhist teachings, namely the three bodies of the Buddha (the trikaya Theory), which is… read more2004 | Hardback: 978-0-415-33344-3 (Routledge)
Tibetan and Zen Buddhism in Britain
Transplantation, Development and Adaptation
This book analyses the transplantation, development and adaptation of the two largest Tibetan and Zen Buddhist organizations currently active on the British religious landscape: the… read more2003 | Hardback: 978-0-415-29765-3 (Routledge)
Action Dharma
New Studies in Engaged Buddhism
Action Dharma charts the emergence of a new chapter in an ancient faith - the rise of social service and political activism in Buddhist Asia… read more2003 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-1594-7 (Routledge)
Zen War Stories
Following the critically acclaimed Zen at War (1997), Brian Victoria explores the intimate relationship between Japanese institutional Buddhism and militarism during the Second World War.2002 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-1581-7 (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