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Buddhist Responses to Religious Diversity
Douglas Duckworth, Abraham Velez de Cea, Elizabeth J. Harris, Bhikkhu Bodhi, Perry Schmidt-Leuikel, Carola Roloff, Rachel H Pang, John Makransky, Christopher Ives, Asanga Tilakaratne, Rita Gross
Douglas Duckworth, Abraham Velez de Cea, Elizabeth J. Harris
This volume discusses contemporary Buddhist responses to religious diversity from Theravādin and Tibetan Buddhist perspectives. Buddhist attitudes toward other religious traditions (and its own) are unquestionably diverse, and have undergone changes throughout historical eras and geographic spaces,...
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Buddhism in Five Minutes
Cathy Cantwell, Elizabeth J. Harris, Denise Cush, Asanga Tilakaratne, Kevin Trainor, Sarah Shaw, Brian Black, Peter Harvey, Dhivan Thomas Jones, Christopher V. Jones, Ronit Wang, Paulina Kolata, Ven Jianchengshi, Rupert Gethin, Arjuna Ranatunga, Tse-fu Kuan, Ven Renru Tang, Ann Heirman, Alice Collett, Mahinda Deegalle, Hiroko Kawanami, Wendy Dossett, Nick Swann, Christian Luczanits, Tim Stephens, Sophie Baker, Pyi Phyo Kyaw, Amy Lagenberg, Sal Campbell, Damien Vincent Keown, Alex Owens, Ralph Quinlan
In Buddhism in Five Minutes, academic specialists offer answers to over 80 questions about Buddhism that people curious about Buddhism might ask. The questions cover the Buddha, what the Buddha taught, Buddhist monasticism and the role of lay people, the historical development of Buddhism, Buddhist...
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The Life of Allan Bennett, Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya
Elizabeth J. Harris, John L. Crow
This is the first biography of Allan Bennett, one of the first British men to gain higher ordination as a Buddhist monk and one of the seminal figures in the development of Buddhism in the UK.
Bennett rejected Christianity early in his life and turned to late nineteenth century new relig...