John D. Barbour (Minnesota St Olaf College)

Gebundenes Buch

Journeys of Transformation

Searching for No-Self in Western Buddhist Travel Narratives

Beschreibung

A gripping exploration of thirty notable travel memoirs, each recounting a journey to a Buddhist culture. These Western travel narratives, the best known of which is Peter Matthiessen's The Snow Leopard, describe journeys and religious experiences that often led to self-transformation and are interpreted through the Buddhist concept of 'no-self'.

Autor

John D. Barbour is Professor of Religion Emeritus at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, where he taught from 1982 to 2018 and served as Martin Marty Chair of Religion and the Academy and Boldt Chair in the Humanities. He has written four scholarly books, including Versions of Deconversion (1994) and The Value of Solitude (2004), and also Renunciation: A Novel (2013).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 342
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 654g
• ISBN-13: 9781009098830
• ISBN-10: 1009098837
• Artikelnr.: 63200761