02197nam 2200433 450 991047681160332120230608221449.0(CKB)5470000000566430(NjHacI)995470000000566430(EXLCZ)99547000000056643020230512d2002 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReligious Motivation and the Origins of Buddhism /Torkel BrekkeLondon, United Kingdom :Taylor & Francis,2002.1 online resource (ix, 150 pages)1-135-78845-6 Chapter INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 THE HISTORICAL VALUE OF THE KHANDHAKA OF THE KHANDHAKA OF THE VINAYA PITAKA -- chapter 2 Religious motivation and the relationship between the early Sam ≥gha and the laity -- chapter 3 RELIGIOUS MOTIVATION AND THE THEME OF CONVERSION IN BUDDHISM -- chapter 4 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY AND THE RELIGIOUS MOTIVATION OF THE EARLY BUDDHISTS -- chapter 5 RELIGIOUS MOTIVATION AND THE ROLE OF FEAR -- chapter 6 RELIGIOUS MOTIVATION AND THE MERIT OF GIVING.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 constituted the early Buddhist community. It also addresses the more general and theoretically controversial question of how world religions come into being, by focusing on the conversion process of the individual believer.Religion and sociologyBuddhist sanghasBuddhismSocial aspectsConversionBuddhismIndiaReligion and sociology.Buddhist sanghas.BuddhismSocial aspects.ConversionBuddhism.294.3442Brekke Torkel853973NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910476811603321Religious motivation and the origins of Buddhism1906630UNINA