BUDDHISM, RELIGION, AND THE CONCEPT OF "GOD"
It is here argued that, although the Buddha and the buddhas are not regarded as gods by Buddhists, they clearly fulfill the criteria of "counter-intuitive agents" as they have been presented by Pascal Boyer. To the extent that religion can be understood as human thought, action, and experience that...
| Publicado en: | Numen: International Review for the History of Religions Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 147 - 172 |
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Brill Academic Publishers
2003
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| Sumario: | It is here argued that, although the Buddha and the buddhas are not regarded as gods by Buddhists, they clearly fulfill the criteria of "counter-intuitive agents" as they have been presented by Pascal Boyer. To the extent that religion can be understood as human thought, action, and experience that involve counter-intuitive representations, Buddhism does not have to be the problematic touchstone for a global concept of religion. |
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