The Oxford handbook of Buddhist practice
Popular representations of Buddhism often depict it as spiritual, disembodied, and largely devoid of ritual. Yet embodiment, materiality, emotion, and gender shape the way most Buddhists engage with their traditions. The essays within The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Practice push beyond traditional...
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| Format: | Edited Volume |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press USA - OSO
2022
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| Series: | Oxford handbooks series
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show Volumes / Articles. |
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| Online Access: | Aggregator, lizenzpflichtig: https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=6976353 Aggregator, Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9780190632922.pdf 
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| Author Notes: | edited by Paula Arai, Kevin Trainor |
| Summary: | Popular representations of Buddhism often depict it as spiritual, disembodied, and largely devoid of ritual. Yet embodiment, materiality, emotion, and gender shape the way most Buddhists engage with their traditions. The essays within The Oxford Handbook of Buddhist Practice push beyond traditional representations of Buddhism as divided into static schools and traditions, highlighting instead the contested and negotiated character of individual and group identities. Given the fluidity and diversity of Buddhist practices, the question that animates this volume is: What makes a given practice Bu |
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| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 0190632941 9780190632946 |