Karma accounts: supplementary thoughts on Theravāda, Madhyamaka, theosophy, and Protestant Buddhism

Religion

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 487-498

  Ciurtin, Eugen ^a  

^a ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

Author keywords

economy of religion; fiscal monetary metaphors; karma; Madhyamaka; Protestant Buddhism; theosophy; Therav da

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885031866     PISSN: 0048721X     EISSN: 10961151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2013.834213     Document Type: Article

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