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This two-volumes Handbook charts the field of Buddhism in Europe in systematic perspective and geographic spread and for the first time brings together studies on the presence of Buddhism in every country in Europe. The Handbook furthermore deals with significant pan-European developments such as early encounters and studies of Buddhism in Europe, Buddhism and European philosophy, temples and monasteries, performing arts, teachers and umbrella organisations, Buddhist and fascism and under communist rule, Theravāda traditions in Europe, Mahāyāna, Japanese, Vietnamese, Tibetan, Ambedkarite Buddhism, secular Buddhism and so on, and a number of topics and issues such as politics, engaged Buddhism, consumerism, women and gender issues, queer studies, controversies and scandals, education and Buddhist youth.
Price: $595.00
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 2 South Asia
Publication Date:
18 March 2027
ISBN: 9789004782914
Format: Other
Martin Baumann is professor of the study of religions at the University of Lucerne. He studies Buddhist and Hindu traditions in Europe and published the text book Religion und Migration, co-authored with Alexander K. Nagel (Nomos 2023).
Jørn Borup is associate professor of the study of religions at Aarhus University. He studies global Buddhism, Japanese religion, religious diversity, and theories in the study of religion and published the monograph Decolonising the study of religion: who owns Buddhism? (Routledge 2023) and co-edited Buddhism in the Nordic Countries (Routledge 2025).
Knut A. Jacobsen is professor at the University of Bergen and a Senior Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. His latest books are the monograph Hinduism in the World: Migrations and Global Presence (Routledge 2025) and the co-edited Buddhism in the Nordic Countries (Routledge 2025).