Introduction

What is Religion?

Authors

  • Jed Forman Simpson College

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.23123

Keywords:

Introduction, Religion

Abstract

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Author Biography

  • Jed Forman, Simpson College

    Jed Forman received his doctorate from the University of California Santa Barbara after conducting research in India on both Fulbright and American Institute for Indian Studies grants. His research focuses on Buddhist epistemology. In addition to several publications, Jed is co-author of Knowing Illusion, released this year, which investigates Tibetan interpretations of Buddhist Madhyamaka philosophy. His in-progress monograph examines theories of yogic perception across Indian and Tibetan traditions. After holding the Shinjo Ito Postdoctoral Fellowship at University of California, Berkeley, he is currently the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Assistant Professor in Buddhist Studies at Simpson College.

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Published

2022-12-24

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1-2 (2022): Special Issue: History and Historiography: The Interplay between Religion and Cognitive Science in Asian and Middle-Eastern Traditions

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Forman, J. (2022). Introduction: What is Religion?. Journal of Cognitive Historiography, 7(1-2), 35–41. https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.23123