Playing in Emptiness - Paperback

by Carl Olson (Author)

The purpose of Playing in Emptiness is to expose readers to the notion of play in Zen/Chan Buddhism and its manifestation in emptiness, language, strange teaching methods, the erotic, comic, the fine arts, and the martial arts with the goal of shedding new light on the religious tradition.

Author Biography

Carl Olson is professor emeritus of religious studies at Allegheny College. Besides over 240 reviews and essays published in scholarly journals and book anthologies, he is the author of twenty-three books, including: The Stain of Erro on the Self (2024); The Nostalgia for Origins: Religion, Evolution, Cognition, and Memory (2024); Religious Ways of Experiencing Life (2016); and Indian Asceticism (2015).

Olson has been awarded the National Endowment for the Humanities chair; The Teacher-Scholar Professorship of the Humanities; and Visiting Fellowship at Clare Hall, University of Cambridge.