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Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism Torkel Brekke

Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism By Torkel Brekke

Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism by Torkel Brekke

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Applying the insights of social psychology in order to understand the religious motivation of the people who constituted the early Buddhist community, this work addresses the question of how world religions come into being.

Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism Summary

Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism: A Social-Psychological Exploration of the Origins of a World Religion by Torkel Brekke

A contribution to the RoutledgeCurzon Critical Studies in Buddhism series, which offers a comprehensive study of the Buddhist tradition

Buddhologists are often vague about the methodological foundation on which they base their theories about the origin and development of Buddhism. This book seeks to address this issue by opening a discussion about how we seek to explain the origins of Buddhism

This discussion is also of importance to the study of the history of religions in general, where there is likely a similar lack of consciousness about the origins of Christianity, Judaism and Islam

Will be of interest to specialists in Buddhist studies and Indology in general. It will also interest a wider readership in the academic study of religion due to the fundamental questions that it addresses

May cause some controversy and debate owing to the fact that it applies social psychological theory to the study of classical texts

About Torkel Brekke

Torkel Brekke holds a DPhil in Oriental Studies from the University of Oxford on the politics of religious identity in colonial South Asia. He is currently a research fellow funded by the Norwegian Research Council. His main research interest is the interaction between religions ideas and processes of political and historical change.

Table of Contents

1. The Skandhaka of the Vinaya Pitaka and its Historical Value 2. The Early Samgha and the Laity 3. Conversion in Buddhism 4. Contradiction and the Merit of Giving in Indian Religions 5. The Role of Fear in Indian Religions with Special Reference to Buddhism 6. The Religious Motivation of the Early Buddhists

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NLS9780700716845
9780700716845
070071684X
Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism: A Social-Psychological Exploration of the Origins of a World Religion by Torkel Brekke
Torkel Brekke
Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2002-08-29
162
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