Carl Olson
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Hindu Primary Sources
A Sectarian Reader
Edited by Carl Olson
Rutgers University Press
Bringing together texts from a variety of sectarian traditions, this reader provides the broadest selection of primary source Hindu literature available to date.
- Copyright year: 2007
The Many Colors of Hinduism
A Thematic-Historical Introduction
By Carl Olson
Rutgers University Press
The Many Colors of Hinduism is the first introductory text to provide a balanced view of this rich religious tradition, acknowledging the full range of its many competing and even contradictory aspects. Utilizing a thematic-historical approach, Carl Olson draws on a wide array of textual evidence, the fieldwork of anthropologists in close contact with insiders, and voices of thinkers ranging from Indologist Alf Hiltebeitel to Cambridge scholar Julius Lipner. The result is a narrative approach that offers a view of Hinduism that emulates the storytelling nature of the religion itself.
- Copyright year: 2007
Original Buddhist Sources
A Reader
Edited by Carl Olson
Rutgers University Press
Bringing together essential materials on the origins and development of Buddhist traditions from India, Sri Lanka, Tibet, China, and Japan, this anthology provides the broadest selection of primary source Buddhist literature available to date.
- Copyright year: 2005
The Different Paths of Buddhism
A Narrative-Historical Introduction
By Carl Olson
Rutgers University Press
For centuries, Buddhist teachers and laypeople have used stories, symbols, cultural metaphors, and anecdotes to teach and express their religious views. In this introductory textbook, Carl Olson draws on these narrative traditions to detail the development of Buddhism from the life of the historical Buddha to the present. By organizing the text according to the structure of Buddhist thought and teaching, Olson avoids imposing a Western perspective that traditional texts commonly bring to the subject.
- Copyright year: 2005
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