Book Series in Asian Studies
Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
New & Published Titles:
Tibetan Rituals of Death
Buddhist Funerary Practices
This book describes and analyses the structure and performance of Tibetan Buddhist death rituals, and situates that performance within the wider context of Buddhist death…
read moreJune 2010 | Hardback: 978-0-415-56636-0 (Routledge)
Buddhist Monasticism in East Asia
Places of Practice
The area of Buddhist monasticism has long attracted the interest of Buddhist studies scholars and historians, but the interpretation of the nature and function of…
read more2009 | Hardback: 978-0-415-48977-5 (Routledge)
Environmental Ethics in Buddhism
A Virtues Approach
Environmental Ethics in Buddhism presents a logical and thorough examination of the metaphysical and ethical dimensions of early Buddhist literature. The author determines the meaning…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54472-6 (Routledge)
The Buddhist Theory of Self-Cognition
This highly original work explores the concept of self-awareness or self-consciousness in Buddhist thought. Its central thesis is that the Buddhist theory of self-cognition originated… read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54438-2 (Routledge)
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Buddhism, Conflict and Violence in Modern Sri Lanka
Interdisciplinary in its approach, this book explores the dilemmas that Buddhism faces in relation to the continuing ethnic conflict and violence in modern Sri Lanka.…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54441-2 (Routledge)
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Theravada Buddhism and the British Encounter
Religious, Missionary and Colonial Experience in Nineteenth Century Sri Lanka
This major new work explores the British encounter with Buddhism in nineteenth century Sri Lanka, examining the way Buddhism was represented and constructed in the…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54442-9 (Routledge)
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Discourse and Ideology in Medieval Japanese Buddhism
The medieval period of Japanese religious history is commonly known as one in which there was a radical transformation of the religious culture. This book…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54445-0 (Routledge)
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Buddhist Rituals of Death and Rebirth
Contemporary Sri Lankan Practice and Its Origins
In Buddhist thought and practice, death has always been a central concept. This book provides a careful and thorough analysis of the rituals and social…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54470-2 (Routledge)
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Beyond Enlightenment
Buddhism, Religion, Modernity
The vast majority of books on Buddhism describe the Buddha using the word enlightened, rather than awakened. This bias has resulted in Buddhism becoming generally…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54444-3 (Routledge)
Buddhism, Power and Political Order
Weber's claim that Buddhism is an otherworldly religion is only partially true. Early sources indicate that the Buddha was sometimes diverted from supramundane interests to…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-54469-6 (Routledge)
Series Details:
Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism is a comprehensive study of the Buddhist tradition. The series explores this complex and extensive tradition from a variety of perspectives, using a range of different methodologies. The series is diverse in its focus, including historical, philological, cultural, and sociological investigations into the manifold features and expressions of Buddhism worldwide. It also presents works of constructive and reflective analysis, including the role of Buddhist thought and scholarship in a contemporary, critical context and in the light of current social issues. The series is expansive and imaginative in scope, spanning more than two and a half millennia of Buddhist history. It is receptive to all research works that are of significance and interest to the broader field of Buddhist Studies.
Some of the titles in the series are published in association with the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, which conducts and promotes rigorous teaching and research into all forms of the Buddhist tradition.
Editorial Advisory Board:
James A. Benn, McMaster University, Canada
Jinhua Chen, The University of British Columbia, Canada
Rupert Gethin, University of Bristol, UK
Peter Harvey, University of Sunderland, UK
Sallie King, James Madison University, USA
Anne Klein, Rice University, USA
Ulrich Pagel, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK
John Powers, Australian National University
Juliane Schober, Arizona State University, USA
Donald Swearer, Harvard University, USA
Vesna A. Wallace, University of California-Santa Barbara, USA
Paul Williams, University of Bristol, UK
Forthcoming Titles:
The Spread of Tibetan Buddhism in China: Charisma, Money, Enlightenment
By Dan Smyer Yü
To be published January 1st 2011
Buddhism in Australia: Traditions in Change
Edited by Cristina Rocha, Michelle Barker
To be published November 25th 2010
The Philosophy of Desire in the Buddhist Pali Canon
By David Webster
To be published September 17th 2010
The Concept of the Buddha: Its Evolution from Early Buddhism to the Trikaya Theory
By Guang Xing
To be published September 17th 2010
Buddhist Thought and Applied Psychological Research: Transcending the Boundaries
Edited by D.K. Nauriyal, Michael S. Drummond, Y.B. Lal
To be published September 12th 2010
Moral Theory in Santideva's Siksasamuccaya: Cultivating the Fruits of Virtue
By Barbra R. Clayton
To be published September 12th 2010
Buddhist Studies from India to America: Essays in Honor of Charles S. Prebish
Edited by Damien Keown
To be published September 12th 2010
Buddhist Manuscript Cultures: Knowledge, Ritual, and Art
Edited by Stephen C. Berkwitz, Juliane Schober, Claudia Brown
To be published August 15th 2010
The Cultural Practices of Modern Chinese Buddhism: Attuning the Dharma
By Francesca Tarocco
To be published August 15th 2010
Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan and Sri Lanka: A Critique of the Feminist Perspective
By Wei-Yi Cheng
To be published August 15th 2010
Buddhist Practice and Visual Culture: The Visual Rhetoric of Borobudur
By Julie Gifford
To be published August 1st 2010