Amitabha, A Story of Buddhist Theology is a book by German-American author Paul Carus, first published in 1906. This is a short story set in the first century CE during the height of Buddhism in India. Carus uses the story as a frame to discuss Buddhist concepts of God, non-violence and religious tolerance. During his lifetime, Carus, a prolific author on Buddhism, Taoism, philosophy, and other topics, published 75 books and 1500 articles, mostly through Open Court Publishing Company, of which he was the proprietor.