Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism: A Social-Psychological Exploration of the Origins of a World Religion by Torkel Brekke

Religious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism: A Social-Psychological Exploration of the Origins of a World Religion

Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism

Torkel Brekke

160 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy religion sociology medium-paced

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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 co...

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