John S. Strong is Professor of Religion and Chair of the Religion and Philosophy Department at Bates College. He is the author of several books on Buddhism, including
The Legend of King Aśoka and
The Legend and Cult of Upagupta (both from Princeton).
9 Ebooks de John S. Strong
John S. Strong: Relics of the Buddha
Buddhism is popularly seen as a religion stressing the truth of impermanence. How, then, to account for the long-standing veneration, in Asian Buddhist communities, of bone fragments, hair, teeth, an …
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John S. Strong: The Legend of King Asoka
An English translation of the Asokavadana text, the Sanskrit version of the legend of King Asoka, first written in the second century A.D. Emperor of India during the third century B.C. and one of th …
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€64.99
John S. Strong: The Legend and Cult of Upagupta
The Buddhist monk Upagupta, who preached and taught meditative practices in Northwest India over two thousand years ago, is venerated today by the laity in parts of Burma, Thailand, and Laos as a pro …
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€72.99
John Strong: Buddha
Revealing the man behind the icon.From his many births to his deathbed deeds, this authoritative biography unites the Buddha of history with the Buddha of legend in a bid to reveal the lasting spirit …
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€7.03
John S. Strong: Buddhisms
Buddhism or Buddhisms? By the time they move on to Buddhism in Japan, many students who have studied its origins in India ask whether this is in fact the same religion, so different can they appear. …
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€15.25
Clinton V. Oster Jr. & John S. Strong: Why Airplanes Crash
This work examines the causes of airplane accidents and what private and public policies are needed to improve aviation safety. It begins by examining the safety record of the United States commuter …
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€106.72
Clinton V. Oster & John S. Strong: Managing the Skies
Over the past two decades, the organization and provision of air traffic control (ATC) services has been dramatically transformed. Privatization and commercialization of air navigation has become com …
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€69.19
Clinton V. Oster & John S. Strong: Managing the Skies
Over the past two decades, the organization and provision of air traffic control (ATC) services has been dramatically transformed. Privatization and commercialization of air navigation has become com …
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€69.10
John S. Strong: Buddha’s Tooth
John S. Strong unravels the storm of influences shaping the received narratives of two iconic sacred objects.Bodily relics such as hairs, teeth, fingernails, pieces of bone supposedly from the Buddha …
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€48.77
