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Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism: A Social-Psychological Exploration of the Origins of a World Religion (Routledgecurzon Critical Studies in Buddhism)

By Torkel Brekke

Book information

Publisher
Routledge Curzon
Year
2002
ISBN
0700716831, 9780700716838, 9780203994832
LCC
BQ286 .B74 2002
Google Books ID
G_O66Tr_tnkC
Open Library ID
OL3568096M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
592 kB (605912 bytes)
Series
RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism Series
Edition
1
Pages
202\161
Topic
Education
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Why did people in North India from the 5th century BC choose to leave the world and join the sect of the Buddha? This is the first book to apply the insights of social psychology in order to understand the religious motivation of the people who constituted the early Buddhist community. It also addresses the more general and theoretically controversial question of how world religions come into being, by focusing on the conversion process of the individual believer.

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