Demonstrates that Buddhists appropriated the practice, vocabulary, and ideology of sacrifice from Vedic religion, and discusses the relationship of this sacrifi

Demonstrates that Buddhists appropriated the practice, vocabulary, and ideology of sacrifice from Vedic religion, and discusses the relationship of this sacrifi

Around the turn of the millennium, Pentecostal churches began to pepper majority-Buddhist Sri Lanka, setting off a sense of alarm among Buddhists who saw Christ

This book explores how multi-life stories served to construct, communicate, and challenge ideas about karma and rebirth within early South Asia.

This volume brings together a range of critical studies that explore diverse ways in which processes of globalization pose new challenges and offer new opportun