Charles S PrebishCHARLES S. PREBISH is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at The Pennsylvania State University. An authority on Oriental religions, he has authored or edited six books on Buddhism. His many articles have appeared in journals such as ReligiousStudies Review, Journal of Asian Studies, History of Religions, and Journal of the American Oriental Society. He has also contributed material to the Abingdon Dictionary of Living Religions (1981), The Encyclopedia of Religion (1987), and the Encyclopedia of the American Religious Experience (1988). Read More Read Less