Q: Basic text on philosophy of religion

[Christian Coseru]

Ferenc wrote:
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>can anyone suggest a good basic textbook (or chapter) for the topic
>Hindusim/Buddhism in a one-term Philosophy of religion course?

Lal Mani Joshi, _Discerning the Buddha : a study of Buddhism and of the
Brahmanical Hindu attitude to it_, New Delhi : Munshiram Manoharlal, 1983

This may be a bit too technical but has the advantage of giving a
systematic, lucid and non-stereotypical account of the origin, place and
development of Buddhism within the wider Brahmanical tradition and its
subsequest impact on it.

A textbook-like study but quite dated now is
Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, _Hinduism and Buddhism_, N.Y., Philosophical
Library, 1943

Christian Coseru