The Buddha: life and afterlife between East and West
"Philip Almond's engaging new book is the first to combine a history of early traditions about the Buddha's life with an account of how he and the philosophy inspired by him went 'global'. It shows how the enchanted mythological figure of Buddhism became the disenchanted his...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Buddha 563 BC-483 BC
/ Reception
/ Western world
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| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BL Buddhism TA History |
| Further subjects: | B
Gautama Buddha
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Table of Contents Blurb Literaturverzeichnis |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Almond, Philip C., 1950-: Buddha. - New York : Cambridge University Press, 2023. - 9781009346788 |
| Summary: | "Philip Almond's engaging new book is the first to combine a history of early traditions about the Buddha's life with an account of how he and the philosophy inspired by him went 'global'. It shows how the enchanted mythological figure of Buddhism became the disenchanted historical Buddha of the West"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1009346792 |