REL 2300 Chapter 5: "The Invention of World Religions" Reading Note ch 5
Document Summary
Reading note: the invention of world religions - chapter 4. Thesis: the author is breaking down the outlook of buddhism and how inconsistent those views are. Evidence/methodology: tomoko masuzawa provides evidence of how buddhism was portrayed by delving into european knowledge and observations of buddhism, history and formation of. Buddhism, and by contrasting buddhism with christianity along with other universalizing religions. Quote (properly attributed and cited): the european outlook on buddhism was anything but consistent. For one thing, compared to islam, there were major and minor disagreements as to what dude isn"t was about buddhism was unquestionably foreign and archaic but also unexpectedly modern and resonant who with current conditions. In sum, buddhism came to be viewed, by those who were interested in the subject for whatever reason, as out once alien and familiar is character rigorously philosophical and indulgently ritualistic. (masuzawa, tomoko.
