Haunting the Buddha: Indian Popular Religions and the Formation of Buddhism
Brand: Oxford University Press
Categories: Books, New, Used & Rental Textbooks, Humanities



Dimensions: 9 x 0.69 x 6 inches
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195168380
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Print length: 240 pages
Publication date: September 30, 2004
ISBN-13: 978-0195168389
Edition: Revised ed.
subtitle: Revised ed. Edition
author: Visit Amazon's Robert DeCaroli Page search results Robert DeCaroli
review: Editorial Reviews Review "This is a bold little book that pushes around some very big problems, and it does what it says it will do: it reopens the question of the relationship between what we call Buddhism and the world of 'spirits' that appears always to have surrounded it."--Gregory Schopen, Professor, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA "A thoughtful and accessible introduction to the popular traditions present around early Indian Buddhism and the symbiotic grafting that took place among them."-- CHOICE "Robert DeCaroli's book sheds new light on a body of material that is central to our understanding of ancient South Asian cultures. It explores the complex relationship between Buddhist religion and pre-existing popular beliefs and highlights, in an unprecedented way, the impact of local traditions on the formation of Buddhism and its art. This book is valuable to specialists, yet it is accessible and meaningful to a broader audience approaching this important material for the first time."--Kurt Behrendt, Department of Art History, Tyler School of Art, Temple University About the Author Robert DeCaroli is Assistant Professor of Art History at George Mason University.