Book Series
Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
New & Published Titles:
Developments in Australian Buddhism
Facets of the Diamond
This book examines the adaptation of Buddhism to the Australian sociocultural context. To gain insight into this process of cross-cultural adaptation, issues arising in the… read more2002 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1582-4 (Routledge)
Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism
A Social-Psychological Exploration of the Origins of a World Religion
Why did people in North India from the 5th century BC choose to leave the world and join the sect of the Buddha? This is… read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-1684-5 (Routledge)
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In Defense of Dharma
Just-War Ideology in Buddhist Sri Lanka
This is the first book to examine war and violence in Sri Lanka through the lens of cross-cultural studies on just-war tradition and theory. In… read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-1682-1 (Routledge)
The Resonance of Emptiness
A Buddhist Inspiration for Contemporary Psychotherapy
This work presents an exploration of Buddhist philosophy and practice as a potential resource for an approach to psychotherapy which is responsive to the needs… read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-1566-4 (Routledge)
Empty Vision
Metaphor and Visionary Imagery in Mahayana Buddhism
Visual metaphors in a number of Mahayana sutras construct a discourse in which visual perception serves as a model for knowledge and enlightenment. In the… read more2002 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1489-6 (Routledge)
Teaching Buddhism in the West
From the Wheel to the Web
At a time when the popularity of Buddhism is at a peak in the west, both inside and outside the university setting, scholars and students… read more2002 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-1557-2 (Routledge)
Innovative Buddhist Women
Swimming Against the Stream
Combines the voices of scholars and practitioners in analysing Buddhist women's history. 26 articles document the lives of women who have set in motion changes… read more2000 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-1253-3 (Routledge)
Contemporary Buddhist Ethics
This innovative volume brings together the views of leading scholars on a range of controversial subjects including human rights, animal rights, ecology, abortion, euthanasia, and… read more2000 | Paperback: 978-0-7007-1313-4 (Routledge)
Early Buddhism: A New Approach
The I of the Beholder
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The Glorious Deeds of Purna
A Translation and Study of the Purnavadana
By providing an annotated translation of, and applying the methods of literary criticism to, a first-century account of the life of the saint Purna, this… read more1999 | Hardback: 978-0-7007-1082-9 (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