Tag The Scientific Buddha

October 23, 2012
in Philosophy, Religion, Science

The Terry Lectures Series: A Vital Conversation

October 23, 2012
in Philosophy, Religion, Science

Follow @yaleSCIbooks The Dwight H. Terry Lectures are an annual two-week lecture series that presents leading scholars in religion, science, and philosophy who reflect on how religion can embrace advances in scientific fields of inquiry and remain applicable in our everyday lives. Yale University Press publishes a print accompaniment to

October 12, 2012
in History, Religion, Science, Social Science

The Life and Death of the Scientific Buddha

October 12, 2012
in History, Religion, Science, Social Science

Follow @yaleSCIbooks When we speak of the “Buddha” in the West today, are we really referring to the one born 2,500 years ago, or are we just invoking a more recent, Westernized incarnation of him? In his latest book, The Scientific Buddha: His Short and Happy Life, Donald S. Lopez,