[Buddha-l] Fwd: NEW BOOK>Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism (Keown)

[Richard Hayes]

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From: "Damien Keown" <d.keown at gold.ac.uk>
Subject: Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism

Dear List,

Colleagues may wish to be aware of the publication of the Routledge
Encyclopedia of Buddhism, details of which are given below.

Best wishes,
Damien Keown
History Department
Goldsmiths College
University of London
London SE14 6NW
d.keown at gold.ac.uk

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The Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism is a one-volume reference work
that documents the history, doctrines, school, rituals, sacred places, ideas
and concepts, and globalization of Buddhism. The volume facilitates further
research by providing bibliographic references to the leading
scholarship and as such the editors hope it will become an indispensable tool 
for students, teachers, and researchers from a wide range of disciplinary
backgrounds, as well as to the general reader.

The editors have worked hard to make this volume distinctive. Their aim
was not just to produce another reference work on Buddhism, but to be
innovative in adopting a new format and methodology that would make this work
stand out amongst its rivals. To this end they assembled a dedicated team of 
over twenty leading specialists in different fields of Buddhist Studies, and
asked them to take responsibility for both determining the key subjects
of  interest within their individual fields and writing the corresponding
entries on those topics. The contributors (who simultaneously
constituted the Advisory Board to the project) then determined how best to 
meet the requirement for coverage of these topics in relation to their own 
areas of expertise.

An important objective of this volume was to provide substantive
in-depth coverage of key areas, as opposed to wide but superficial coverage
after the fashion of a dictionary. For this reason there are no entries in the
present work of less than 500 words, and each key subject area (for example,
those involving major Buddhist schools and traditions) is introduced by a 5000
word overview entry which gives a comprehensive and detailed introduction to
the topic.

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism contains approximately 1000
pages of text and 339 entries which, in almost half a million words, cover the
entire Buddhist tradition. In addition the volume includes a chronology of
Buddhist history, a Glossary, photographs and graphics, and an extensive
bibliography.

Title: Encyclopedia of Buddhism (Routledge: London and New York, 2007)
ISBN 978-0-415-31414-5
Editors: Damien Keown and Charles S. Prebish
Publication date: 6 March 2007
Price: £125/$225
Website: www.routledge.com

Contributing editors and editorial advisory board:
Martin Baumann
George D. Bond
Jim Deitrick
Mavis L. Fenn
Charles Hallisey
Peter Harvey
Richard P. Hayes
Charles B. Jones
Jacob N. Kinnard
Lewis R. Lancaster
Karen C. Lang
David L. McMahan
Jin Y. Park
Richard K. Payne
John Powers
Juliane Schober
Alan Sponberg
Paul L. Swanson
Kevin Trainor
Jonathan S. Walters
Ananda Wickremeratne

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Richard Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico