Pruning the Boddhi Tree by Jamie Hubbard

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Summary

Introduces and analyses the ideas of ""critical Buddhism"" in relation to the targets of its critique and situates those ideas in the context of current discussions of postmodern academic scholarship, the separation of the disinterested scholar and committed religious practitioner, and the place of social activism within the academy.

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Pruning the Boddhi Tree by Jamie Hubbard

Introduces and analyses the ideas of ""critical Buddhism"" in relation to the targets of its critique and situates those ideas in the context of current discussions of postmodern academic scholarship, the separation of the disinterested scholar and committed religious practitioner, and the place of social activism within the academy.
Paul L. Swanson is a Permanent Research Fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture, Nanzan University.
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ISBN 13 9780824819491
ISBN 10 0824819497
Title Pruning the Boddhi Tree
Author Jamie Hubbard
Series Nanzan Library Of Asian Religion And Culture Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of Hawai'i Press
Year published 1997-07-30
Number of pages 544
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