Monks and Magicians brings together seven essays of the little studied and important topic of religious biographies in Asia. Three essays deal with biographies of Buddhist and Jain figures in India. One essay treats the biography of a Tibetan king. The remaining three essays explore the different strategies that were employed in writing biographies in traditional China.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Koichi Shinohara
Dr. Koichi Shinohara and Dr. Phyllis Granoff teach in the Department of Religious Studies at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. With support from the social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada they have been conducting research on religious biographies in India and China.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Phyllis Granoff
Dr. Koichi Shinohara and Dr. Phyllis Granoff teach in the Department of Religious Studies at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. With support from the social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada they have been conducting research on religious biographies in India and China.
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