Overview
Buddhist Nuns, Monks, and Other Worldly Matters is the fourth in? a series of collected essays by one of today’s most distinguished scholars of Indian Buddhism. In these articles Gregory Schopen once again displays the erudition and originality that have contributed to a major shift in the way that Indian Buddhism is perceived, understood, and studied.
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Author: Gregory Schopen
Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
Imprint: University of Hawai'i Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.679kg
ISBN: 9780824838812
ISBN 10: 0824838815
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 30 July 2014
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Gregory Schopen is undeniably one of the most important contributors to the evolving understanding of Indian Mahayana Buddhism. His challenging and rigorous scholarship is accomplished not only by means of canonical textual analysis, but by studies of art, inscriptions, and other material culture as well.-- <i>Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses</i>
Gregory Schopen is undeniably one of the most important contributors to the evolving understanding of Indian Mahayana Buddhism. His challenging and rigorous scholarship is accomplished not only by means of canonical textual analysis, but by studies of art, inscriptions, and other material culture as well.-- Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses
"Gregory Schopen is undeniably one of the most important contributors to the evolving understanding of Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism. His challenging and rigorous scholarship is accomplished not only by means of canonical textual analysis, but by studies of art, inscriptions, and other material culture as well.-- ""Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses"" Gregory Schopen has been the most influential scholar in Buddhist Studies in the last quarter century, and rightly so.-- ""Journal of the American Academy of Religion"" Witty and always provocative. . . . Schopen has the uncanny knack for making seemingly bland rock inscriptions and short passages from understudied ancient Buddhist manuscripts speak volumes about the lived world of Indian Buddhism.-- ""History of Religions"""
Witty and always provocative. . . . Schopen has the uncanny knack for making seemingly bland rock inscriptions and short passages from understudied ancient Buddhist manuscripts speak volumes about the lived world of Indian Buddhism.-- History of Religions Gregory Schopen has been the most influential scholar in Buddhist Studies in the last quarter century, and rightly so.-- Journal of the American Academy of Religion Gregory Schopen is undeniably one of the most important contributors to the evolving understanding of Indian Mahayana Buddhism. His challenging and rigorous scholarship is accomplished not only by means of canonical textual analysis, but by studies of art, inscriptions, and other material culture as well.-- Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses
Author Information
Gregory Schopen is Rush C. Hawkins Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University, USA and Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. In addition to his international appointments, Schopen has served on the faculties of Indiana University, Bloomington, USA and the University of Texas, Austin, USA.
