I suggest that "Thematic" be the first order followed by "Historical." (That is, organize by themes and then within themes order historically, e.g., "Practices" followed by "first this," "then this," etc.) How does that sound? Windy Wanderer ( talk) 13:04, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
The historical arrangement is fairly consistently as follows:
( talk) 10:04, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm suggesting historical as the main structure, and then within that go by themes. I don't know the body of literature well so don't know much more to suggest. Here are some layperson ideas but I'm not an expert:
Windy Wanderer ( talk) 14:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Let me try to rough out how your ( Windy Wanderer ( talk) 13:04, 24 April 2008 (UTC)) scheme might work in practice:
Peter jackson ( talk) 11:17, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Organization of Christianity:
Peter jackson ( talk) 13:27, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Figures means demographics. Peter jackson ( talk) 13:28, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
I didn't have time to explain what I was doing. To help us get ideas without having to reinvent the wheel, I thought it would be agood idea to have here the tables of contents of parallel articles, & also of books aboput Buddhism.
Historical arrangement:
This arrangement, with variations,is used in
Peter jackson ( talk) 08:50, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Harvey, Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices:
The chapters are more or less explicitly grouped by the subtitle:
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism is arranged alphabetically, but the intro lists 8 general categories:
The thematic index lists 24 major topics, whose relation to the above is not clear. Each has a general survey article of standrd length, & a varying number of other articles of varying shorter lengths. They are as follows (alphabetically by full title).
Peter jackson ( talk) 11:11, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Olson, The Different Paths of Buddhism, Rutgers University Press, 2005:
Lopez, Buddhism in Practice
In (Story of) Buddhism he changes to
In Buddhist Scriptures he changes again:
Peter jackson ( talk) 15:50, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Gethin, Foundations of Buddhism: concerned mainly with early Buddhism. My notes here may not be exactly correct.
Peter jackson ( talk) 15:57, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Listings like these may suggest ideas about both organization & topics to include. Peter jackson ( talk) 15:58, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
I suggest that "Thematic" be the first order followed by "Historical." (That is, organize by themes and then within themes order historically, e.g., "Practices" followed by "first this," "then this," etc.) How does that sound? Windy Wanderer ( talk) 13:04, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
The historical arrangement is fairly consistently as follows:
( talk) 10:04, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
I'm suggesting historical as the main structure, and then within that go by themes. I don't know the body of literature well so don't know much more to suggest. Here are some layperson ideas but I'm not an expert:
Windy Wanderer ( talk) 14:55, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
Let me try to rough out how your ( Windy Wanderer ( talk) 13:04, 24 April 2008 (UTC)) scheme might work in practice:
Peter jackson ( talk) 11:17, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
Organization of Christianity:
Peter jackson ( talk) 13:27, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
Figures means demographics. Peter jackson ( talk) 13:28, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
I didn't have time to explain what I was doing. To help us get ideas without having to reinvent the wheel, I thought it would be agood idea to have here the tables of contents of parallel articles, & also of books aboput Buddhism.
Historical arrangement:
This arrangement, with variations,is used in
Peter jackson ( talk) 08:50, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Harvey, Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices:
The chapters are more or less explicitly grouped by the subtitle:
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism is arranged alphabetically, but the intro lists 8 general categories:
The thematic index lists 24 major topics, whose relation to the above is not clear. Each has a general survey article of standrd length, & a varying number of other articles of varying shorter lengths. They are as follows (alphabetically by full title).
Peter jackson ( talk) 11:11, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Olson, The Different Paths of Buddhism, Rutgers University Press, 2005:
Lopez, Buddhism in Practice
In (Story of) Buddhism he changes to
In Buddhist Scriptures he changes again:
Peter jackson ( talk) 15:50, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Gethin, Foundations of Buddhism: concerned mainly with early Buddhism. My notes here may not be exactly correct.
Peter jackson ( talk) 15:57, 9 June 2008 (UTC)
Listings like these may suggest ideas about both organization & topics to include. Peter jackson ( talk) 15:58, 9 June 2008 (UTC)