Prebish, Charles S. <br/><br/>
Introducing Buddhism / 
Charles S. Prebish and Damien Keown. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - London :  Routledge,  2010. 
 - xviii, 322 p. : 
<br/><br/> Previous ed.: 2006. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Background to Buddhism -- The Buddha -- The Dharma -- The Buddhist Sangha -- Buddhism in India -- Mahayana -- Meditation -- Buddhism in Southeast Asia -- Buddhism in East Asia -- Buddhism in Tibet -- Buddhism in the Western world -- Socially engaged Buddhism -- Ethics -- Reflections on the nature and study of Buddhism -- Appendixes. 
<br/><br/> "Introducing Buddhism is the ideal resource for all students beginning the study of this fascinating religious tradition. It explains the religion's key teachings and traces its historical development and geographical spread of from its foundations up to present day. Charles S. Prebish and Damien Keown, two of today's leading Buddhist scholars, devote a chapter each to the major regions where Buddhism has flourished - India, South-east Asia, East Asia and Tibet. In addition, contemporary concerns are discussed, including important and relevant topics such as Engaged Buddhism, Buddhist Ethics, Buddhism and the Western World and Meditation."--pub. desc. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415550017 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Buddhism.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.3  / P911 In