Traditions of compassion
Subtitle: from religious duty to social activism
By: Khen Lampert.
Series: Library of philosophy and religion; Library of philosophy and religion (Palgrave (Firm))
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: Compassion.; Compassion -- Religious aspects.
Description: "This book analyses four theoretical models, each representing a type of compassion manifest in different cultures and periods. The book examines the presence of these models in the underlying infrastructure of religion or culture, or as part of the ideological mood of a specific era, structuring the analysis around different texts, biblical scriptures, and commentaries, the Buddhist Pali Canon and classic translations of Mahayana Buddhism, and philosophical texts and commentaries from the modern period."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.