Lionel Obadia

Lionel Obadia is professor in the Department of Anthropology, University ofLyon 2 (France), and director of the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Anthropologiques (CREA). He has published five popular books (Bouddhisme et Occident, Paris: L'Harmattan, 1999, La Religion and La Sorcellerie, Paris: Le Cavalier Bleu, 2004 and 2005 respectively, Le bouddhisme en Occident and Anthropologie des religions, both published in 2007, Paris: La Decouverte, collection "Reperes"). He also has an English...See more

Lionel Obadia is professor in the Department of Anthropology, University ofLyon 2 (France), and director of the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Anthropologiques (CREA). He has published five popular books (Bouddhisme et Occident, Paris: L'Harmattan, 1999, La Religion and La Sorcellerie, Paris: Le Cavalier Bleu, 2004 and 2005 respectively, Le bouddhisme en Occident and Anthropologie des religions, both published in 2007, Paris: La Decouverte, collection "Reperes"). He also has an English-language manuscript under consideration: Western Buddhism: body, space and community. See less