Spreading Buddha's Word in East Asia. The Formation and Transformation of the Chinese Buddhist Canon, Paperback - ***

This volume follows the making of the Chinese Buddhist canon from the fourth century to the digital era. Approaching the subject from a historical ...

Renowned scholar-monk and bestselling translator Bhikkhu Bodhi's definitive, practical guide on how to read ancient Buddhist texts in the original ...

Building for Oil records the rise of the "Petroleum Group" in the central government while revealing the everyday stories and struggles of the work...

With more than 200 spectacular photographs in a handy pocket format, Thailand is a stunning collection of images celebrating one of the most exciti...

Halle O'Neal unpacks jeweled pagoda mandala paintings and their revolutionary entwining of word and image to reveal crucial dynamics underlying Jap...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of East Asia, then keep reading...Four captivating manuscripts in one book: History of China: A Cap...

Reducere. Perhaps the most daring TV documentary series ever produced in mainland China, which directly affected the thinking of Chinese youth on the eve of ...

East Asia hosts a fifth of the world's population and consumes over half the world's coal, a quarter of its petroleum products, and a tenth of its ...

Reducere. Ibn Batt ta was a geographer and traveller who spent decades roaming distant lands; these are his journeys, translated to English by celebrated sch...

Reducere. DescriptionFr. Lawrence Farley explores the Acts of the Apostles as St. Luke's sequel to his Gospel--an apology for the Christian Faith as the fulf...

Reducere. A corrective to the contemporary idea that Buddhism has always been an environmentally friendly religionIn the current popular imagination, Buddhis...

Idei liberale in (pre)facerea Romaniei Mari. Liberal ideas in the (trans)formation of Greater Romania - Sabin Daniel Dragulin, Ancuta Brasoveanu

Reducere. Many people buy and read the Bible for the sake of gaining information, Robert Mulholland believes that people can read the Bible not only for info...

Publisher: Books of Africa LtdIllustration(s): 49 colour and 35 mono photographsNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2012Dimensions: 158 x 232 x 2...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressIllustration(s): 10 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 392Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 164 x ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A study of the Catholic Epistles that views them not as isolated texts but as a collection unified by their canonical context within the New Testam...

Reducere. Resisting Spirits is a reconsideration of the significance and periodization of literary production in the high socialist era, roughly 1953 through...

Reducere. Japan and the four little dragons--Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore--constitute less than 1 percent of the world's land mass and less ...

Reducere. "Bradley is sharp and rueful, and a voice for a more seasoned, constructive vision of our international relations with East Asia." --"Christian Sci...

DescriptionA discerning account of simmering conflict in the South China Sea and why the world can't afford to be indifferent China's rise has upse...

This book compares the past and current experiences of China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and Vietnam, and offers a comparativ...

Howard Chiang traces the genealogy of sexual knowledge in China from the demise of eunuchism to the emergence of transsexuality, showing its role i...

This book brings together studies conducted by researchers in East Asian countries who seek to better understand the impact of China's rise and the...

A paradigm-shifting history that reveals how the early Christian churches in the East helped to shape the Asia and the Christianity we know todayPu...

Through theoretically-grounded case studies and comparative analysis of consolidating, low quality, and failed democracies in East Asia, this volum...

Reducere. From the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers, Flyboys, and The Imperial Cruise, a spellbinding history of turbulent U.S.-China relations fro...

Reducere. "Jenkins is one of America's top religious scholars." --Forbes magazineThe Lost History of Christianity by Philip Jenkins offers a revolutionary vi...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Victor SeowIllustration(s): 25 halftonesNumber of pages: 376Collection: Studies of the Weather...

Dorothy Wong traces the ancient roots of the Chinese stele tradition and investigates the process by which Chinese steles were adapted for Buddhist...

The top courts in Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea have reshaped constitutional law on non-discrimination, criminal due process, and free speech. ...

Heritage and Religion in East Asia examines how religious heritage, in a mobile way, plays across national boundaries in East Asia and, in doing so...

A timely look at the impact of China's booming emergence on the countries of Southeast AsiaPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Sebastian Str...

Perhaps no one in the 20th century had a greater long-term impact on world history than Deng Xiaoping. This title provides a biography of his life....

Even the most seasoned Middle East observers were taken aback by the events of early 2011. Protests born of oppression and socioeconomic frustratio...

When William Caxton brought the printing press to England in 1475 he changed the lives of thousands of people, putting reading and education within...

DescriptionAlthough the Japanese empire rapidly dissolved following the end of World War II, the memories, mourning, and trauma of the nation's imp...

Mushroom Clouds: Ecocritical Approaches to Militarization and the Environment in East Asia examines the growing significance of the eco-implication...

This book examines the countries of Southeast Asia and how their relations with China have been transformed under the Chinese President Xi Jinping ...

This book counters the conventional narrative of state formation, which overlooks the fact that state bureaucracies in East Asia had emerged 1, 000...

Reducere. Even though hundreds of thousands of people have attended a Kalachakra empowerment, very few actually know how to put the Kalachakra teachings into...

Examines how ancient Greeks, Romans, and Chinese constructed a civilized sense of Self and a 'barbarian' Other, and how these notions held up in cr...

Reducere. Packed with more than a hundred color illustrations, maps, and timelines, this enlightening and provocative book on the South China Sea conflict is...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Brian Lane HerderNumber of pages: 96Collection: CampaignPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 185 x 247 ...