Defining Buddhism(s)
Subtitle: a reader
By: edited by Karen Derris and Natalie Gummer.
Contributors: Derris, Karen.; Gummer, Natalie.
Series: Critical categories in the study of religion
Publisher: Equinox Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; Oakville, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781845532314; 9781845530556
Subjects: Buddhism.; Buddhism -- Historiography.; Buddhism -- Doctrines -- History.; Identity (Psychology) -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Other titles: Defining Buddhisms
Description: "Defining Buddhism(s): A Reader explores the multiple ways in which Buddhisms have been defined and constructed by Buddhists and scholars. In recent decades, scholars have become increasingly aware of their own role in the process of constructing the Buddhist communities that they represent - a process in which multiple representations of "Buddhism" (hence "Buddhisms") compete with and complement one another. The essays in this reader, written by leaders in the field of Buddhist studies, consider a broad range of inquiries and concerns, methods and approaches that contribute to understanding and learning from constructions of Buddhisms, illuminating the challenges and dilemmas involved in defining historical, social, and political contexts.

These different perspectives also demonstrate that definitions of "Buddhism" have always been contested."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [306]-327) and indexes.
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