Richard F. Gombrich

Gebundenes Buch

Theravada Buddhism

A Social History from Ancient Benares to Modern Colombo

Beschreibung

Widely recognized as the classic introduction to the field, Richard Gombrich's book shows how Theravada Buddhism has influenced and been influenced by its social surroundings.

Autor

Richard F. Gombrich is Academic Director of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, and one of the most renowned Buddhist scholars in the world. From 1976 to 2004 he was Boden Professor of Sanskrit, University of Oxford. He has been President of the Pali Text Society and was awarded the Sri Lanka Ranjana decoration by the President of Sri Lanka in 1994 and the SC Chakraborty medal by the Asiatic Society of Calcutta the previous year. He has written extensively on Buddhism, including How Buddhism Began: the Conditioned Genesis of the Early Teachings (Routledge 2005); and with Gananath Obeyesekere, Buddhism transformed: Religious change in Sri Lanka (1988).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• 2. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9780415365086
• ISBN-10: 0415365082
• Artikelnr.: 22541202