Elizabeth J Harris, John L Crow

Broschiertes Buch

The Life of Allan Bennett, Bhikkhu Ananda Metteyya (Volume 1)

Beschreibung

This is the first biography of Allan Bennett, one of the first British men to gain higher ordination as a Buddhist monk and one of the seminal figures in the development of Buddhism in the UK.

Autor

Elizabeth Harris is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow within the Edward Cadbury Centre for the Public Understanding of Religion, University of Birmingham, UK. Before this, she was an Associate Professor at Liverpool Hope University. She specializes in Buddhist Studies and inter-faith studies, and has published widely in both disciplines. Her publications include: What Buddhists Believe (Oneworld, 1998): Theravada Buddhism and the British Encounter: Religious, missionary and colonial experience in nineteenth century Sri Lanka (Routledge, 2006): Buddhism for a Violent World: A Christian Reflection (Epworth, 2010/now published by SCM). John L. Crow holds a Ph.D. in American religious history from Florida State University, where he is an instructional design faculty member assisting other faculty in course design and use of education technology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Equinox Publishing Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. September 2025
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 2295g
• ISBN-13: 9781800506510
• ISBN-10: 1800506511
• Artikelnr.: 72541945