Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism
Why did people in North India from the 5th century BC choose to leave the world and join the sect of the Buddha? This is the first book to apply the insights of social psychology in order to understand the religious motivation of the people who constituted the early Buddhist community. It also addre...
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Формат: | Електронний ресурс Частина з книги |
Мова: | Англійська |
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Taylor & Francis
2002
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Серія: | Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
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Онлайн доступ: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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Резюме: | Why did people in North India from the 5th century BC choose to leave the world and join the sect of the Buddha? This is the first book to apply the insights of social psychology in order to understand the religious motivation of the people who constituted the early Buddhist community. It also addresses the more general and theoretically controversial question of how world religions come into being, by focusing on the conversion process of the individual believer. |
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ISBN: | 9780203994832 9780700716838;9780700716845;9781135788506;9781135788490;9781135788452 |
Доступ: | Open Access |