Description: Leading scholars in the field of religious studies show that scholasticism as a comparative category is useful in the analysis of a variety of religious and philosophical traditions and even in the task of cultural criticism.
Brief description: Jose Ignacio Cabezon is Associate Professor of the Philosophy of Religion at Iliff School of Theology. He has written and edited several books, among them Buddhism and Language: A Study of Indo-Tibetan Scholasticism; Buddhism, Sexuality and Gender; and A Dose of Emptiness: An Annotated Translation of the sTong thun chen mo of mKhas grub dGe legs dpal bzang, all published by SUNY Press.
Review Quotes:
"...wide-ranging ... and thought-provoking ..." -- Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
"I believe that this book is bringing a new approach to an important field, which has been seen too exclusively in Western terms. Despite the diversity of contributors, the book succeeds in creating an overall sense of a unified topic, the exploration of scholasticism across cultural borders. It manages quite well to draw the reader into the intricacies of the different traditions without losing sight of the overall purpose. There is also an internal argument within the book that keeps the interest of the reader and provides a great deal of insight into the topic." -- Georges Dreyfus, Williams College