Buddhism: A Concise Introduction - Softcover

Smith, Huston; Novak, Philip

 
9780060730673: Buddhism: A Concise Introduction

Synopsis

A concise and up-to-date guide to the history, teachings, and practice of Buddhism by two luminaries in the field of world religions.

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About the Authors

Huston Smith is internationally known and revered as the premier teacher of world religions. He is the focus of a five-part PBS television series with Bill Moyers and has taught at Washington University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Syracuse University, and the University of California at Berkeley. The recipient of twelve honorary degrees, Smith's fifteen books include his bestselling The World's Religions, Why Religion Matters, and his autobiography, Tales of Wonder.



Philip Novak is the Santo Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Dominican University in San Rafael, California, where he has taught for over twenty years, and the author of The World's Wisdom, a widely used anthology of the sacred texts of the world's religions and the companion reader to Huston Smith's The World's Religions.

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A concise and up-to-date guide to the history, teachings, and practice of Buddhism by two luminaries in the field of world religions.

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Publisher: HarperCollins, 2003
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