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Language: English
Published by Liverpool University Press, 2006
- Softcover
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- Title
- Understanding Buddhism (Understanding Faith)
- Author
- Schmidt-Leukel, Perry
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1903765188
- ISBN 13
- 9781903765180
- Item weight
- 259 grams
- Series
- Book 2 of 4: Understanding Faith
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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About the Author
Perry Schmidt-Leukel is Professor of Systematic Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Glasgow
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