Historical Dictionary of Buddhism

Historical Dictionary of Buddhism, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 900 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as complex theological concepts, significant practices, and basic writings and texts.

List of contents

Editor's ForewordJon Woronoff
Preface
Acknowledgments
Reader's Note
Maps
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Carl Olson is professor emeritus of religious studies at Allegheny College. Besides over 240 reviews and essays published in scholarly journals and book anthologies, he is the author of twenty-three books, including: The Stain of Erro on the Self (2024); The Nostalgia for Origins: Religion, Evolution, Cognition, and Memory (2024); Religious Ways of Experiencing Life (2016); and Indian Asceticism (2015).
Olson has been awarded the National Endowment for the Humanities chair; The Teacher-Scholar Professorship of the Humanities; and Visiting Fellowship at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.

Product details

• Authors: Carl Olson, Olson Carl
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2021
• EAN: 9781538130230
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-3023-0
• No. of pages: 418
• Series: Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies, and Movements Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; REFERENCE / Dictionaries, PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist, RELIGION / Buddhism / History, Buddhism, History of Religion, Reference works, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy