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Buddhism has become a major religion in Canada over the last
half-century. The 'ethnic Buddhism' associated with immigrant Asian
people is the most important aspect, but there is also a growing
constituency of Euro-Canadian Buddhists seriously interested in the
faith. This insightful study analyzes the phenomenon of Buddhism in
Canada from a regional perspective. The work provides an important
examination of the place of Buddhism in a developed western country
associated with a traditional Judeo-Christian culture, but
undergoing profound sociological transformation due to large-scale
immigration and religio-cultural pluralism. It is a valuable text
for students of religion, Buddhism and North American Studies.
Buddhism has become a major religion in Canada over the last
half-century. The 'ethnic Buddhism' associated with immigrant Asian
people is the most important aspect, but there is also a growing
constituency of Euro-Canadian Buddhists seriously interested in the
faith. This insightful study analyzes the phenomenon of Buddhism in
Canada from a regional perspective. The work provides an important
examination of the place of Buddhism in a developed western country
associated with a traditional Judeo-Christian culture, but
undergoing profound sociological transformation due to large-scale
immigration and religio-cultural pluralism. It is a valuable text
for students of religion, Buddhism and North American Studies.
The Berlin lectures in The Grounding of Positive Philosophy,
appearing here for the first time in English, advance Schelling's
final existential system as an alternative to modernity's reduction
of philosophy to a purely formal science of reason. His account of
the ecstatic nature of existence and reason proved to be decisive
for the work of Paul Tillich and Martin Heidegger. Also,
Schelling's critique of reason's quixotic attempt at self-grounding
anticipates similar criticisms leveled by poststructuralism, but
without sacrificing philosophy's power to provide a positive
account of truth and meaning. The Berlin lectures provide
fascinating insight into the thought processes of one of the most
provocative yet least understood thinkers of nineteenth-century
German philosophy.
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