Buddhism and Business - Merit, Material Wealth, and Morality in the Global Market Economy

About the author

Trine Brox is associate professor of modern Tibetan studies and the director of the Center for Contemporary Buddhist Studies at the University of Copenhagen.

Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg is assistant professor and codirector of the Center for Contemporary Buddhist Studies at the University of Copenhagen.

Mark Michael Rowe is associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University.

Summary

In the last few decades Buddhists have become increasingly ensconced in the global market economy. The contributors to this volume address how Buddhists have become active participants in market dynamics in a global age, and how Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike engage Buddhism economically.

Product details

• Assisted by: Trine Brox (Editor), Mark Michael Rowe (Editor), Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg (Editor)
• Publisher: University of hawaii press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9780824882730
• ISBN: 978-0-8248-8273-0
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 231 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: Contemporary Buddhism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Buddhismus, Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Religion - World Religions, RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Commerce