Buddhism

What Everyone Needs to Know®

Dale S Wright author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:27th Mar '20

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Buddhism is one of the oldest and largest of the world's religions. But it is also a tradition that has proven to have enormous contemporary relevance. Founded by Siddhartha Gautama, who came to be called the Buddha, the religion has spread from its origins in northeast India, across Asia, and eventually to the West, taking on new forms at each step of the way. Buddhism: What Everyone Needs to Know offers readers a brief, authoritative guide to one of the world's most diverse religious traditions in a reader-friendly question-and-answer format. Dale Wright covers the origins and early history of Buddhism, the diversity of types of Buddhism throughout history, and the status of contemporary Buddhism. This is a go-to book for anyone seeking a basic understanding of the origins, history, teachings, and practices of Buddhism.

I think Buddhism: What Everyone Needs to Know takes its rightful place in bookstores for intelligent readers who would like to get an overall picture of the various Buddhist traditions. * Peter Feldmeier, Horizons: The Journal of the College Theology Society *

ISBN: 9780190843663

Dimensions: 140mm x 208mm x 18mm

Weight: 249g

240 pages