Religious motivation and the origins of Buddhism a social-psychological exploration of the origins of a world religion
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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
RoutledgeCurzon
2002.
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| Colección: | RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429701506719 |
| Sumario: | 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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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (161 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-146) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781135788506 9781135788490 9781280156571 9780203994832 |
