Charles Jones
Autor von Introduction to the Study of Religion (The Great Courses Parts 1 & 2)
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- Jones, Charles
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Jones, Charles Brewer
- Geburtstag
- 1957
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Land (für Karte)
- United Kingdom
- Geburtsort
- North Carolina, USA
- Ausbildung
- Morehead State University (BA|Music)
Duke Divinity School (MA|Theology)
University of Virginia (Ph.D|History of Religions) - Organisationen
- Catholic University of America
U.S. Department of State
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Humanities - Preise und Auszeichnungen
- Fulbright Scholar (2004-2005)
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- Charles B. Jones was born in North Carolina in 1957, but grew up in a military family that moved frequently both within the U.S. and abroad. He graduated from Morehead State University (Kentucky) in 1980 with a degree in music, and went on to earn the Master of Theological Studies cum laude from the Divinity School of Duke University in 1988 and the Ph.D. in History of Religions from the University of Virginia in 1996.
Since joining the faculty of the STRS in the fall of that year, he has pursued research in the history of Chinese Buddhism and the Christian practice of interreligious dialogue. He has also taught courses for Virginia Theological Seminary and the Smithsonian Associates, and recorded a set of lectures on theories in religious studies for The Teaching Company. He has consulted with the U.S. Department of State, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and was a Fulbright scholar in Taiwan during the 2004-05 academic year.
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This volume is organized thematically, clearly presenting topics such as the nature of the Pure Land, the relationship between “self-power” and “other-power,” the practice of nianfo (buddha-recollection), and the formation of the line of “patriarchs” that keep the tradition grounded. It guides us in understanding the vigorous debates that Chinese Pure Land Buddhism evoked and delves into the rich apologetic literature that it produced in its own defense. Drawing upon a wealth of previously unexamined primary source materials, as well as modern texts by contemporary Chinese Pure Land masters, the author provides lucid translations of resources previously unavailable in English. He also shares his lifetime of experience in this field, enlivening the narrative with personal anecdotes of his visits to sites of Pure Land practice in China and Taiwan.
The straightforward and nontechnical prose makes this book a standby resource for anyone interested in pursuing research in this lively, sophisticated, and still-evolving religious tradition. Scholars―including undergraduates―specializing in East Asian Buddhism, as well as those interested in Buddhism or Chinese religion and history in general, will find this book invaluable.… (mehr)