Buddhist and Islamic Orders in Southern Asia - Comparative Perspectives

Scholars of Islamic and Buddhist studies have rarely engaged with each other to share investigative approaches and methods of interpretation. This volume was conceived to open up new spaces of creative interaction between scholars in both fields to increase our understanding of the circulation and localization of religious texts, institutional models, ritual practices, and literary specialists.

About the author

R. Michael Feener (Editor) R. Michael Feener is the Sultan of Oman Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and a member of the History Faculty at the University of Oxford.Anne M. Blackburn (Editor) Anne M. Blackburn is professor of South Asia studies and Buddhist studies at Cornell University.

Summary

Scholars of Islamic and Buddhist studies have rarely engaged with each other to share investigative approaches and methods of interpretation. This volume was conceived to open up new spaces of creative interaction between scholars in both fields to increase our understanding of the circulation and localization of religious texts, institutional models, ritual practices, and literary specialists.

Product details

• Assisted by: Anne M Blackburn (Editor), Anne M. Blackburn (Editor), R Michael Feener (Editor), R. Michael Feener (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9780824872113
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-7211-3
• No. of pages: 230
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 231 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous