Roy C Amore
Biographic Data
| ID | 287339 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roy C Amore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roy C |
| FAMILY NAME | Amore |
| SIGNATURE | AMORE R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Windsor |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Buddhist Economic Ethics
Early Indian Buddhism saw the rise of banking and the business class. The movement of disciples led by Shakyamuni, the Buddha, denounced animal sacrifices and undermined the authority of Brahmins and landowners. The old economic order was called into question. The Asian expansion over two millennia brought the ethic of non-violence and moderation, along with the idealization of monastic life. Buddhism taught that good kings should sponsor places …
The Oxford Handbook of Religion and Economic Ethics
This Handbook presents what world and regional religions teach about economic morality. It also compares the major religions, especially the Abrahamic faiths, in their positions on various social, business, and policy themes, such as feminism, competition, and the ecology, among others. The concluding chapter is an analytical synthesis that presents and explains the patterns that emerge from the various religions in this Handbook. Readers will fi…
Introduction: A Brief History of Theism and Its Alternatives
This Special Edition includes articles discussing the many alternatives to the various forms of theism found among the majority of religious and some philosophical traditions
Historical Dictionary of Lebanon
Historical Dictionary of Lebanon, Second Edition covers the long history of Lebanon, from before the Ottoman era through the Ottoman Era, the French Mandate, Independence, the long civil war and the recent protests for democratic reform and the aftermath of the explosion in the port area. It features lengthy entries on major historical/political events as well as the major people, sectarian groups and political parties. It contains a chronology, …
Coming Home (Ghar Wapsi) and Going Away: Politics and the Mass Conversion Controversy in India
This article addresses two recent socio-religious trends in India: mass conversions to Hinduism (Ghar Wapsi) and mass conversions from Hinduism. Despite officially being a secular nation, organizations allied with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are actively promoting mass conversions to Hinduism. Other religions organize mass conversions, usually of Dalits, away from Hinduism and its legacy of caste discrimination. While several states h…
On Understanding Buddhists: Essays on the Theravada Tradition of Sri Lanka
Buddhism after Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism
Ethics, Wealth, and Salvation: A Study in Buddhist Social Ethics
The relationship between attitudes towards wealth and the quest for salvation in Theravada Buddhism is examined by authors from various disciplines. The main purpose of the book is to see what light Buddhism, often thought of as an otherworldly religion, can shed on mundane problems
The Yoga of the Christ: In the Gospel According to St. John Ravi Ravindra Shaftesbury, Dorset, Great Britain: Element Books, 1990. xii + 244 p
Book Notices
Journal Article BOOK NOTICES Get access Buddhist Cosmology; From Single World System to Pure Land: Science and Theology in the Images Motion and Light. By Randy Kloetzli. Motilal Banarsidass, 1983. 195 pages. Rs. 75. Roy C. Amore Roy C. Amore University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LIV, Issue 1, Spring 1986, Pages 179-a–179, https://doi.org/…
Lustful Maidens and Ascetic Kings: Buddhist and Hindu Stories of Life
The Comic Vision and the Christian Faith: A Celebration of Life and Laughter
Developments in Buddhist Thought: Canadian Contributions to Buddhist Studies
Philosophy of Religion
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Get access The Problem of the Self in Buddhism and Christianity. By Lynn A. de Silva. New York. Barnes & Noble, 1979. xv + 185 pages, notes, index $22.50 ISBN 0-06-491667-7. Roy C. Amore Roy C. Amore University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4, December 1980, Pages 630–631, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XL…
Religion in South Asia
Journal Article RELIGION IN SOUTH ASIA Get access Buddhism in Sinhalese Society. 1750–1900: A Study of Religious Revival and Change. By Kitsiri Malalgoda. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976. ix+300 pages. $20.00. L.C. No. 74-22966. Roy C. Amore Roy C. Amore University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLVIII, Issue 1, March 1980, Page…
Far Eastern Religions
Journal Article FAR EASTERN RELIGIONS Get access Buddhist Thought and Asian Civilization: Essays in Honor of Herbert V. Guenther on His Sixtieth Birthday Edited by Leslie S. Kawamura and Keith Scott. Emeryville, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1977. xviii+307 pages $19.95. L.C. No. 77-71194. Roy C. Amore Roy C. Amore Southwestern University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion…
Religion in India
RELIGION IN INDIA Get access Indian Conception of Values. By M. Hiriyanna. Mysore: Kavyalaya Publishers, 1975. viii+372 pages. Rs. 60. No L. C. No. Roy C. Amore Roy C. Amore University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLVI, Issue 1, March 1978, Pages 78-a–78, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XLVI.1.78-a Published: 01 March 1978
Comparative History of Religion
Journal Article COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF RELIGION Get access Christianity Meets Buddhism. By S.J. HEINRICH DUMOULIN, LaSalle, IL: Open Court Publishing Company, 1974. vi+199 pages, index. $7.95. L.C. No. 73-82783. ROY C. AMORE ROY C. AMORE University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLV, Issue 2, June 1977, Pages 269-b–271, https://doi.org/10.1093…
Religion in India
Comparative History of Religion
Journal Article COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF RELIGION Get access Satan and M ̄ra: Christian and Buddhist Symbols of Evil (Studies in the History of Religions [Supplements to Numen], no. 27). By JAMES W. BOYDLeiden: E. J Brill, 1975 xi+188 pages 54 guilders ISBN 90-04-04173-7 ROY C. AMORE ROY C. AMORE University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLIV, I…
Far Eastern Religions
FAR EASTERN RELIGIONS Get access Precept and Practice: Traditional Buddhism in the Rural Highlands of Ceylon. By RICHARD F. GOMBRICH. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971. 366 pages. f 4.00. ROY AMORE ROY AMORE University of WindsorOntario Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLI, Issue 2, June 1973, Pages 309-b–310, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XLI.2.309-b…
Asian Religions
ASIAN RELIGIONS Monks, Priests and Peasants: A Study of Buddhism and Social Structure in Central Ceylon. (Monographs in Social Anthropology and Theoretical Studies in Honour of Nels Anderson, publication I.) By HANSDIETER EVERS . Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1972. 136 pp. 54 gld. ROY C. AMORE ROY C. AMORE Department of Theology, University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy …
Compte rendu / Review of book: Buddhism, Christianity, and the Future of Man Douglas A. FOX Philadelphia: Westminster 1972. 190. $6.95
Secrets of the Lotus
Asian Religions and History of Religion
Journal Article ASIAN RELIGIONS AND HISTORY OF RELIGION Get access A Flower Does Not Talk. Zen Essays BY ABBOT ZENKEI SHIBAYAMARutland, Vermont, and Tokyo: Charles E Tuttle Co, 1970. 264 pages. $2.75. ROY C. AMORE ROY C. AMORE University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3, September 1971, Pages 378–379, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaare…
Coming Home (Ghar Wapsi) and Going Away: Politics and the Mass Conversion Controversy in India
This article addresses two recent socio-religious trends in India: mass conversions to Hinduism (Ghar Wapsi) and mass conversions from Hinduism. Despite officially being a secular nation, organizations allied with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are actively promoting mass conversions to Hinduism. Other religions organize mass conversions, usually of Dalits, away from Hinduism and its legacy of caste discrimination. While several states h…
The Comic Vision and the Christian Faith: A Celebration of Life and Laughter
Asian Religions and History of Religion
Journal Article ASIAN RELIGIONS AND HISTORY OF RELIGION Get access A Flower Does Not Talk. Zen Essays BY ABBOT ZENKEI SHIBAYAMARutland, Vermont, and Tokyo: Charles E Tuttle Co, 1970. 264 pages. $2.75. ROY C. AMORE ROY C. AMORE University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3, September 1971, Pages 378–379, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaare…
Asian Religions and History of Religion
ASIAN RELIGIONS AND HISTORY OF RELIGION Get access Problems of suffering in Religions of the World. By JOHN BOWKER. Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 1970 318 pages. $9 50 ROY C. AMORE ROY C. AMORE University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3, September 1971, Pages 380-b–381, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XXXIX.3.380-b Publish…
Asian Religions and History of Religion
Journal Article ASIAN RELIGIONS AND HISTORY OF RELIGION Get access Buddhism and the Spirit Cults in Northeast Thailand. By S. J TAMBIAH. Cambridge Cambridge University Press, 1970. 388 pages. $16 50. ROY C. AMORE ROY C. AMORE University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3, September 1971, Pages 376-b–377, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaar…
Secrets of the Lotus
Far Eastern Religions
FAR EASTERN RELIGIONS Get access Precept and Practice: Traditional Buddhism in the Rural Highlands of Ceylon. By RICHARD F. GOMBRICH. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971. 366 pages. f 4.00. ROY AMORE ROY AMORE University of WindsorOntario Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLI, Issue 2, June 1973, Pages 309-b–310, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XLI.2.309-b…
Asian Religions
ASIAN RELIGIONS Monks, Priests and Peasants: A Study of Buddhism and Social Structure in Central Ceylon. (Monographs in Social Anthropology and Theoretical Studies in Honour of Nels Anderson, publication I.) By HANSDIETER EVERS . Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1972. 136 pp. 54 gld. ROY C. AMORE ROY C. AMORE Department of Theology, University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy …
Compte rendu / Review of book: Buddhism, Christianity, and the Future of Man Douglas A. FOX Philadelphia: Westminster 1972. 190. $6.95
Religion in India
Comparative History of Religion
Journal Article COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF RELIGION Get access Satan and M ̄ra: Christian and Buddhist Symbols of Evil (Studies in the History of Religions [Supplements to Numen], no. 27). By JAMES W. BOYDLeiden: E. J Brill, 1975 xi+188 pages 54 guilders ISBN 90-04-04173-7 ROY C. AMORE ROY C. AMORE University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLIV, I…
Comparative History of Religion
Journal Article COMPARATIVE HISTORY OF RELIGION Get access Christianity Meets Buddhism. By S.J. HEINRICH DUMOULIN, LaSalle, IL: Open Court Publishing Company, 1974. vi+199 pages, index. $7.95. L.C. No. 73-82783. ROY C. AMORE ROY C. AMORE University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLV, Issue 2, June 1977, Pages 269-b–271, https://doi.org/10.1093…
Far Eastern Religions
Journal Article FAR EASTERN RELIGIONS Get access Buddhist Thought and Asian Civilization: Essays in Honor of Herbert V. Guenther on His Sixtieth Birthday Edited by Leslie S. Kawamura and Keith Scott. Emeryville, CA: Dharma Publishing, 1977. xviii+307 pages $19.95. L.C. No. 77-71194. Roy C. Amore Roy C. Amore Southwestern University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion…
Religion in India
RELIGION IN INDIA Get access Indian Conception of Values. By M. Hiriyanna. Mysore: Kavyalaya Publishers, 1975. viii+372 pages. Rs. 60. No L. C. No. Roy C. Amore Roy C. Amore University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLVI, Issue 1, March 1978, Pages 78-a–78, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XLVI.1.78-a Published: 01 March 1978
Philosophy of Religion
PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Get access The Problem of the Self in Buddhism and Christianity. By Lynn A. de Silva. New York. Barnes & Noble, 1979. xv + 185 pages, notes, index $22.50 ISBN 0-06-491667-7. Roy C. Amore Roy C. Amore University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4, December 1980, Pages 630–631, https://doi.org/10.1093/jaarel/XL…
Religion in South Asia
Journal Article RELIGION IN SOUTH ASIA Get access Buddhism in Sinhalese Society. 1750–1900: A Study of Religious Revival and Change. By Kitsiri Malalgoda. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1976. ix+300 pages. $20.00. L.C. No. 74-22966. Roy C. Amore Roy C. Amore University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume XLVIII, Issue 1, March 1980, Page…
Developments in Buddhist Thought: Canadian Contributions to Buddhist Studies
The Comic Vision and the Christian Faith: A Celebration of Life and Laughter
Lustful Maidens and Ascetic Kings: Buddhist and Hindu Stories of Life
Book Notices
Journal Article BOOK NOTICES Get access Buddhist Cosmology; From Single World System to Pure Land: Science and Theology in the Images Motion and Light. By Randy Kloetzli. Motilal Banarsidass, 1983. 195 pages. Rs. 75. Roy C. Amore Roy C. Amore University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Volume LIV, Issue 1, Spring 1986, Pages 179-a–179, https://doi.org/…
The Yoga of the Christ: In the Gospel According to St. John Ravi Ravindra Shaftesbury, Dorset, Great Britain: Element Books, 1990. xii + 244 p
Ethics, Wealth, and Salvation: A Study in Buddhist Social Ethics
The relationship between attitudes towards wealth and the quest for salvation in Theravada Buddhism is examined by authors from various disciplines. The main purpose of the book is to see what light Buddhism, often thought of as an otherworldly religion, can shed on mundane problems
Buddhism after Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism
On Understanding Buddhists: Essays on the Theravada Tradition of Sri Lanka
Coming Home (Ghar Wapsi) and Going Away: Politics and the Mass Conversion Controversy in India
This article addresses two recent socio-religious trends in India: mass conversions to Hinduism (Ghar Wapsi) and mass conversions from Hinduism. Despite officially being a secular nation, organizations allied with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are actively promoting mass conversions to Hinduism. Other religions organize mass conversions, usually of Dalits, away from Hinduism and its legacy of caste discrimination. While several states h…
Historical Dictionary of Lebanon
Historical Dictionary of Lebanon, Second Edition covers the long history of Lebanon, from before the Ottoman era through the Ottoman Era, the French Mandate, Independence, the long civil war and the recent protests for democratic reform and the aftermath of the explosion in the port area. It features lengthy entries on major historical/political events as well as the major people, sectarian groups and political parties. It contains a chronology, …
Introduction: A Brief History of Theism and Its Alternatives
This Special Edition includes articles discussing the many alternatives to the various forms of theism found among the majority of religious and some philosophical traditions
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