Historical Dictionary of Chan Buddhism

The Historical Dictionary of Chan Buddhism contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, schools, texts, vocabularies, doctrines, rituals, temples, events, and otherpractices.

List of contents

Editor's Foreword Jon Woronoff
Preface
Acknowledgments
Reader's Notes
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Glossary of Chinese Terms
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Youru Wang is a Professor of Religion Studies at Rowan University. He specialized in Chinese Buddhism, especially Chan Buddhism, early Daoist thought, and comparative studies between Asian and Western philosophical and religious thought.

Summary

The Historical Dictionary of Chan Buddhism contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, schools, texts, vocabularies, doctrines, rituals, temples, events, and other practices.

Product details

• Authors: Wang, Youru Wang, Wang Youru
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781538105511
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-0551-1
• No. of pages: 386
• Series: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series; Historical Dictionaries of Rel; Historical Dictionaries of Rel; Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; RELIGION / Buddhism / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / History, RELIGION / Reference, Buddhism, History of Religion, Reference works