Buddhism : a Concise Introduction - $

Zusatztext "This book is an impressive and accessible overview of the core teachings [of Buddhism]. Informationen zum Autor Huston Smith is internationally known and revered as the premier teacher of world religions. He is the focus of a five-part PBS television series with Bill Moyers and has taught at Washington University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, and the University of California at Berkeley. The recipient of twelve honorary degrees, Smith's fifteen books include his bestselling The World's Religions , Why Religion Matters , and his autobiography, Tales of Wonder . Philip Novak is the Santo Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Dominican University in San Rafael, California, where he has taught for over twenty years, and the author of The World's Wisdom , a widely used anthology of the sacred texts of the world's religions and the companion reader to Huston Smith's The World's Religions . Klappentext A concise and up-to-date guide to the history, teachings, and practice of Buddhism by two luminaries in the field of world religions. Zusammenfassung A concise and up-to-date guide to the history, teachings, and practice of Buddhism by two luminaries in the field of world religions.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Philip Novak, Novak Philip, Huston Smith, Smith Huston
• Verlag: Harper Collins Usa
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 14.12.2004
• EAN: 9780060730673
• ISBN: 978-0-06-073067-3
• Seiten: 256
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 205 mm x 15 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; comparative religion, PHILOSOPHY / Eastern, Buddhism, Social forecasting, future studies, History of Religion, Reference works, Biology, life sciences, Spirituality and religious experience, Religion and beliefs, Religion and science, Tibetan Buddhism, HISTORY: Social History, SCIENCE: Life Sciences / General, ASIAN & ASIAN AMERICAN: ASIAN PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION, RELIGION: Comparative Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Future Studies, RELIGION: EASTERN/BUDDHISM, PHILOSOPHY: Eastern, RELIGION: Reference, POLITICAL SCIENCE: World / Asian, RELIGION: Buddhism / History, Religion / Eastern/Buddhism, Asian & Asian American / Asian Philosophy & Religion