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▼▲| Title: Buddhism By: Peter Harvey Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Vendor: Bloomsbury Academic Publication Date: 2001 | Dimensions: 8.72 X 6.76 X 0.76 (inches) Weight: 2 pounds ISBN: 0826453503 ISBN-13: 9780826453501 Stock No: WW453501 |
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▼▲This collection of essays examines ten core themes from a comparative perspective and thus provides an integrated introduction to the social and spiritual values at the centre of Buddhist thought. Following an introductory chapter, the themes covered are moral decision making, worship, myth and history, the role of women, attitudes to nature, sacred writings, beliefs about human nature, rites of passage, sacred place and the depiction of the divine. Each chapter concludes with a list of recommended further reading.
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