Introducing Buddhism

by Charles S. Prebish and Damien Keown

Book Overview

Introducing Buddhism is the ideal resource for all students beginning the study of this fascinating religious tradition. It explains the religion's key teachings and traces its historical development and geographical spread of from its foundations up to present day. Charles S. Prebish and Damien Keown, two of today's leading Buddhist scholars, devote a chapter each to the major regions where Buddhism has flourished - India, South-east Asia, East...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415550009
• ISBN13: 9780415550000
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"