Télécharger le livre :  Buddhist-Muslim Relations in a Theravada World

This book is the first to critically analyze Buddhist-Muslim relations in Theravada Buddhist majority states in South and Southeast Asia. Asia is home to the largest population of Buddhists and Muslims. In recent years, this interfaith communal living has incurred...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2020-02-28

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Télécharger le livre :  If You Meet the Buddha on the Road

It is said that the famous ninth century Chinese Buddhist monk Linji Yixuan told his disciples, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him." The deliberately confounding statement is meant to shock people out of complacent ways of thinking. But beyond the purposeful...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2018-03-01

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Télécharger le livre :  Violence and the World's Religious Traditions

Is religion inherently predisposed to violence? Or has religion been taken hostage by a politics of aggression? The years since the end of the Cold War have shown a noticeable shift in patterns of religious extremism, accentuating the uncomfortable, complex, and...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2016-11-16

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Télécharger le livre :  The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism

As an incredibly diverse religious system, Buddhism is constantly changing. The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Buddhism offers a comprehensive collection of work by leading scholars in the field that tracks these changes up to the present day. Taken together, the book...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2016-11-01

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Télécharger le livre :  The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Violence

Violence has always played a part in the religious imagination, from symbols and myths to legendary battles, from colossal wars to the theater of terrorism. The Oxford Handbook of Religion andViolence surveys intersections between religion and violence throughout...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2013-01-24

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Télécharger le livre :  Buddhist Warfare

Though traditionally regarded as a peaceful religion, Buddhism has a dark side. On multiple occasions over the past fifteen centuries, Buddhist leaders have sanctioned violence, and even war. The eight essays in this book focus on a variety of Buddhist traditions, from...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2010-01-08

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