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- catalog abstract ""Why did North Indian people from the fifth century BC choose to leave the world and join the sect of the Buddha? Were there common themes in the religious motivation of these early Buddhists? Is it possible to illuminate motivational themes using social psychology?" "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 came into being, by focusing on the conversion process of the individual believer."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b12642466.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Why did North Indian people from the fifth century BC choose to leave the world and join the sect of the Buddha? Were there common themes in the religious motivation of these early Buddhists? Is it possible to illuminate motivational themes using social psychology?" "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 came into being, by focusing on the conversion process of the individual believer."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-146) and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 150 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0700716831".
- catalog identifier "070071684X".
- catalog isPartOf "RoutledgeCurzon critical studies in Buddhism".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon,".
- catalog spatial "India".
- catalog subject "294.3/442 21".
- catalog subject "BQ286 .B74 2002".
- catalog subject "Buddhism Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "Buddhist converts Psychology.".
- catalog subject "Buddhist sanghas.".
- catalog subject "Buddhists India History To 324 B.C.".
- catalog subject "Conversion Buddhism.".
- catalog title "Religious motivation and the origins of Buddhism : a social-psychological exploration of the origins of a world religion / Torkel Brekke.".
- catalog type "text".