In this clear introduction to Buddhism, Keith Yandell and Harold Netland lay out the central metaphysical claims of this significant world religion and then offer a concluding chapter which offers an honest comparison with Christianity.

Keith Yandell is Julius R. Weinberg Professor at the University of Wisconsin--Madison, teaching philosophy of religion and history of modern philosophy. He is the author of The Epistemology of Religious Experience (Cambridge, 1994), Philosophy of Religion (Routledge, 1999) and The Soul (Ashgate, forthcoming).

Harold Netland is associate professor of philosophy of religion and intercultural studies at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He has spent much of his professional life in Japan. His other books include Dissonant Voices: Religious Pluralism and the Question of Truth (Eerdmans, 1991).