Keown, D.

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Professors Emeritus • Authors of English Works

Damien Keown

English Phonetics	Damien Keown
Sort Name	Keown, Damien

Dates

Birth:	1951

Tibetan calendar dates

Dates of birth

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Rab Jyung

Dates of passing

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Rab Jyung

Contact information

Website:	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Keown // https://networks.h-net.org/node/6060/pages/3571741/keown-damien

About

Primary Affiliation (Workplace)

University of London, Goldsmiths

PhD University

Oxford University

Education

1986 - DPhil Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oxford University 1977 - BA (Religious Studies) University of Lancaster

Biographical Information

Professor Emeritus of Buddhist Ethics at the University of London, Goldsmiths. Research Interests include: Buddhist ethics: theoretical foundations and normative applications, with particular reference to medicine and biotechnology. (Source: University Website Accessed June 25, 2020)

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Publications

• Books:
  • Keown, Damien V.; Husted, Wayne R and Prebish, Charles. 2015. Buddhism and Human Rights. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138862296
  • Keown, Damien V.. 2013. Buddhism. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199663835
  • Keown, Damien V. and Charles, P.. 2007. Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Routledge. ISBN 9780415314145
  • Broadhead, Philip J. and Keown, Damien V.. 2006. Can Faiths Make Peace? Holy Wars and the Resolution of Religious Conflicts. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781845112769
  • Keown, Damien V.. 2005. Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press. ISBN 019280457X
  • Keown, Damien V.. 2005. From Ancient India to Modern Benares: Buddhist Studies in Honor of Charles Prebish. Routledge.
  • Keown, Damien V. and Prebish, Charles. 2004. Buddhism–The eBook An Online Introduction -Fourth Edition. JBE Online Books. ISBN 978-0-9801633-6-0
  • Keown, Damien V.; Queen, Christopher and Prebish, Charles. 2003. Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism. Routledge. ISBN 978-0700715947
  • Keown, Damien V.. 2003. Dictionary of Buddhism. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198605609
  • Keown, Damien V.. 2001. Buddhism & Bioethics. London: Macmillan Palgrave. ISBN 978-0333912805
  • Keown, Damien V.. 2000. Contemporary Buddhist Ethics. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0700713134
  • Keown, Damien V.. 1998. Buddhism and Abortion. University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0824821081
  • Keown, Damien V.. 1992. The Nature of Buddhist Ethics. London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0333552636
• Book Section
  • Keown, Damien V.. 2005. Origins of Buddhist Ethics. In: S. William, ed. The Blackwell Companion to Religious Ethics. Blackwell, pp. 286-296. ISBN 0631216340
• Articles
  • Keown, Damien V.. 2010. Buddhism, Brain Death and Organ Transplantation. Journal of Buddhist Ethics, 17, pp. 1-36.
  • Keown, Damien V.. 2007. Buddhism and Ecology: A Virtue Ethics Approach. Contemporary Buddhism, 8(2), pp. 97-112. ISSN 1463-9947

Links

Wiki Pages

• Keown, D. on the DRL
• Keown, D. on the LIB