Encyclopedia of Buddhism

Damien Keown is Reader in Buddhism at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His books on Buddhism include Dictionary of Buddhism and uddhism, A Very Short Introduction. He is also Editor of The Journal of Buddhist Ethics and Coeditor of The Curzon Critical Studies in Buddhism series.

Charles S. Prebish is Professor of Religious Studies at Pennsylvania State University and author and editor of numerous works, including "Luminous Passage: The Practice and Study of Buddhism in America "(California, 1999), "A Survey of Vinaya Literature "(1994), and "American Buddhism "(1979). He is coeditor of "The Faces of Buddhism in America "(California, 1998) and the electronic "Journal of Buddhist Ethics. "Martin Baumann is Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Lucerne, Switzerland, and research fellow in the Department of Religious Studies at Hannover University, Germany. He is the author of "Diaspora: Hindus and Trinidad "(2002), "Migration, Religion, Integration "(2000), and "Deutsche Buddhisten: Geschichte and Gemeinschaften" (1993). He is also coeditor of "Religions fo the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices" (2002). Prebish and Buamann are coeditors of the electronic "Journal of Global Buddhism" (http: //www.globalbuddhism.org).