Introduction
1. The Problem of Suffering
2. Karma and Rebirth
3. Evil, Freedom and Other Ethical Issues
4. Concepts of Buddha
5. The Varieties of Emptiness
6. Language and Reality
7. Religious Diversity
Conclusion.
Bibliography
Index
Biography
David Burton is Senior Lecturer in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics in the School of Humanities at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK.
"David Burton offers a vital and welcome corrective to the narrowness of Western philosophy of religion by confronting it with the Buddhist traditions. He brings an assured scholarship to a sympathetic but critical examination of major Buddhist doctrines and philosophical debates, and he does so with economy, lucidity and eloquence."
- Michael McGhee, University of Liverpool, UK.
"Since Burton’s Buddhism breaks new ground insofar as it frames a Buddhist philosophy of religion and challenges the Christocentric paradigm, it makes for worthwhile reading for everyone interested in Buddhism and/or philosophy of religion and can function as a textbook for courses in these field of study. It commences a conversation that is sorely needed."
- Gereon Kopf, Luther College, USA
