Publikationsdatum:
2023-09-12
Beschreibung:
The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally perceived as the eponymous religion of enlightenment. Beyond Enlightenment is a sophisticated study of some of the underlying assumptions involved in the study of Buddhism (especially, but not exclusively, in the West). It investigates the tendency of most scholars to ground their study of Buddhism in these particular assumptions about the Buddha’s enlightenment and a particular understanding of religion, which is traced back through Western orientalists to the Enlightenment and the Protestant Reformation. Placing a distinct emphasis on Indian Buddhism, Richard Cohen adeptly creates a work that will appeal to those with an interest in Buddhism and India and also scholars of religion and history.
Schlagwort(e):
sapere
;
aude
;
dorje
;
shugden
;
bodh
;
gaya
;
world
;
heritage
;
monument
;
convention
;
bic Book Industry Communication::G Reference, information & interdisciplinary subjects::GT Interdisciplinary studies::GTB Regional studies
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bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs
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bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRQ Alternative belief systems::HRQC Eclectic & esoteric religions & belief systems::HRQC5 Theosophy & Anthroposophy
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bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFS Social groups::JFSL Ethnic studies
Sprache:
Englisch
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