Details

Subject(s)

• Buddhism [Browse]

Editor

• Jerryson, Michael K. [Browse]

Series

Oxford handbooks online [More in this series]

Summary note

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 provides a blueprint to understanding Buddhism's past and uses it to explore the ways in which Buddhism has transformed in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The volume contains 41 essays, divided into two sections. The essays in the first section examine the historical development of Buddhist traditions throughout the world. The second section tracks the relationship between Buddhist traditions and particular themes.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on November 30, 2016).

Other title(s)

Contemporary Buddhism

ISBN

9780199362400 (ebook) :

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