Adeana McNicholl: Of Ancestors and Ghosts
Of Ancestors and Ghosts
Buch
- How Preta Narratives Constructed Buddhist Cosmology and Shaped Buddhist Ethics
- Oxford University Press, 09/2024
- Einband: Gebunden
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780197748909
- Bestellnummer: 11769182
- Umfang: 296 Seiten
- Gewicht: 522 g
- Maße: 221 x 155 mm
- Stärke: 30 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 11.9.2024
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
Of Ancestors and Ghosts analyzes a type of Buddhist literature in which immoral, stingy people are reincarnated as hungry, suffering ghosts. It traces the emergence of this genre in relation to contemporary ideas about the departed and the shape of the world. Adeana McNicholl argues that these narratives promote a complex ethical worldview that speaks to both lay people and religious experts.
Adeana McNicholl
Of Ancestors and Ghosts
EUR 163,55*
