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It covers the study of Buddhism, Buddhist canons and literature, Buddha, Dharma, Sangha, Nikaya Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhism, Vajrayana Buddhism, Buddhist meditational systems, sacred places in Buddhism, practices and rituals, biographies of famous Buddhists (including ideal types), Buddhist ethics, Buddhist art(s), engaged Buddhism, Buddhism and technology, women in Buddhism, Buddhism in India, South and Southeast Asia, Tibet, China, Korea, Japan, and Buddhism in the Western World.
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Charles S. Prebish holds the Charles Redd Chair in Religious Studies at Utah State University, USA.
Damien Keown is Professor of Buddhist Ethics at Goldsmiths College, University of London.
They are the editors of the Routledge World Religions Series and authors of Introducing Buddhism (Routledge, 2006).
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