Buddhist Catechism.
Title:
Buddhist Catechism.
Author:
Olcott, Henry Steel.
ISBN:
9781775569282
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (155 pages)
Contents:
Title -- Contents -- Dedication -- Certificate -- Preface to the Thirty-Third Edition -- Preface to the Thirty-Sixth Edition -- Preface to the Fortieth Edition -- Preface to the Forty-Second Edition -- Part I The Life of the Buddha -- Part II The Dharma or Doctrine -- Part III The Sangha -- Part IV The Rise and Spread of Buddhism -- Part V Buddhism and Science -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Endnotes.
Abstract:
A founding member of the Theosophical Society, and perhaps the first well-known European to convert to Buddhism, Henry Steel Olcott made a lasting contribution with his Buddhist Catechism of 1881. Seeing Buddhism with a Westernized scientific eye, the work is given in the same question and answer structure used in the Christian Catechism. David McMahan wrote of Olcott that he "allied Buddhism with scientific rationalism in implicit criticism of orthodox Christianity...
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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