Understanding Buddhism - Couverture souple

Livre 2 sur 4: Understanding Faith

Schmidt-Leukel, Perry

 
9781903765180: Understanding Buddhism
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1903765188 ISBN 13 : 9781903765180
Editeur : Liverpool University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Today Buddhism is often presented as a religion without dogmas and commandments, without God and without any need to believe, tolerating all and everything - as no "religion" at all, but as a way of life most suitable to the needs of post-modern Westerners. But is this an accurate image? In this book Buddhism is introduced as a genuine religion, gentle and powerful, being as demanding as it is consoling. Buddhism is certainly not a theistic faith, but neither is it a form of atheism or materialism. Rather it is a challenge to both: a rich source of metaphysical, ethical and spiritual insight that has shaped and nourished countless generations of followers all over Asia and that is now taking firm roots in the West.

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À propos de l?auteur

Perry Schmidt-Leukel is Professor of Systematic Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Glasgow

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Éditeur
Liverpool University Press
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1903765188
ISBN 13 
9781903765180
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
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Personne responsable
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