A01=Melford E. Spiro
anthropology
Author_Melford E. Spiro
buddhism
buddhist doctrine
buddhist philosophy
buddhist tradition
buddhists
burma
burmese buddhism
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comparative religions
contemporary buddhism
cultural anthropology
eastern religions
eastern wisdom
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faith and spirituality
hope
monks
nonfiction account
religion and culture
religious historians
religious theorists
ritual systems
sacred order
search for meaning
theravada buddhism
vicissitudes
western culture
Product details
- ISBN 9780520046726
- Weight: 816g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 27 May 1982
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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The current Western interest in Buddhism and other Eastern religions is - among other reasons - both the result of and the stimulation for an entire library of books purporting to bring the Wisdom of the East to an audience for whom the wisdom of the West has failed. This book is not an example of that genre. It is an attempt to interpret Buddhism in the light of some current theories about religion. As a work of scholarship, rather than a homiletic tract or an apologetic treatise, its aim is to understand Buddhism as one historical variant of the generic human attempt to find meaning and hope in a sacred order that transcends the mundane order of existence; its aim is not to encourage or discourage either a devotional or a soteriological interest in Buddhism.
Melford Elliot "Mel" Spiro (April 26, 1920 - October 18, 2014) was an American cultural anthropologist specializing in religion and psychological anthropology.
