Encyclopedia of Buddhism / Edward A. Irons [volume editor].
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Facts on File, c2008.Description: xxxv, 634 p. : ill., maps 25 cmISBN:- 9780816054596 (alk. paper)
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Reference | Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference | BQ 128 .Ir65 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 3AEA0000303628 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 601-610) and index.
Emphasizes on the living faiths and their historical ans social backgrounds. {rovides access to the theo
ogical concepts, personalities, historical events, institutions, and movements that helped shape Buddhism and the way it is practiced today.Focuses primarily on the various forms of Buddhism and includes many enries on other eligious practices in East and Southeast Asia, including Daosim, shinto, and confucianism. Includes comprehensive introduction, further readings, cross-references, chronologyin addition to photographs generAL bibliography and a thorough index.
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