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41 produkter
Bhagavad Gita
A Norton Critical Edition
Av Gavin Flood
Häftad, 2014
217 kr
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A devotional, literary and philosophical work of unsurpassed beauty and relevance, the universal themes of The Bhagavad Gita—life and death, war and peace and sacrifice—resonate in a West increasingly interested in Eastern religious experiences and the Hindu diaspora. The text is accompanied by a …
Tantric Body
The Secret Tradition of Hindu Religion
Av Gavin Flood
Häftad, 2005
373 kr
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Tantra is the Hindu-based religion which links ecstatic sexual practice with meditation and direct spiritual experience. It originated in India some 1200 years ago, when the great sacred erotic temples were built. In the West it is best known for its inspiration of tantric yoga, and its associated …
Tantric Body
The Secret Tradition of Hindu Religion
Av Gavin Flood
E-bok, 2005
397 kr
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Tantra is the Hindu-based religion which links ecstatic sexual practice with meditation and direct spiritual experience. It originated in India some 1200 years ago, when the great sacred erotic temples were built. In the West it is best known for its inspiration of tantric yoga, and its associated …
Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Practice
Av Gavin Flood
E-bok, 2020
1833 kr
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Traditions of asceticism, yoga, and devotion (bhakti), including dance and music, developed in Hinduism over long periods of time. Some of these practices, notably those denoted by the term yoga, are orientated towards salvation from the cycle of reincarnation and go back several thousand years. …
Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Practice
Av Gavin Flood
E-bok, 2020
1833 kr
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Traditions of asceticism, yoga, and devotion (bhakti), including dance and music, developed in Hinduism over long periods of time. Some of these practices, notably those denoted by the term yoga, are orientated towards salvation from the cycle of reincarnation and go back several thousand years. …
Truth Within
A History of Inwardness in Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism
Av Gavin Flood
E-bok, 2013
624 kr
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The idea that there is a truth within the person linked to the discovery of a deeper, more fundamental, more authentic self, has been a common theme in many religions throughout history and an idea that is still with us today. This inwardness or interiority unique to me as an essential feature of …
Religion and the Philosophy of Life
Av Gavin Flood
E-bok, 2019
554 kr
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Religion and the Philosophy of Life considers how religion as the source of civilization transforms the fundamental bio-sociology of humans through language and the somatic exploration of religious ritual and prayer. Gavin Flood offers an integrative account of the nature of the human, based on …
Religion and the Philosophy of Life
Av Gavin Flood
E-bok, 2019
554 kr
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Religion and the Philosophy of Life considers how religion as the source of civilization transforms the fundamental bio-sociology of humans through language and the somatic exploration of religious ritual and prayer. Gavin Flood offers an integrative account of the nature of the human, based on …
The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Practice
Av Flood, Gavin Flood
Inbunden, 2020
2902 kr
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Traditions of asceticism, yoga, and devotion (bhakti), including dance and music, developed in Hinduism over long periods of time. Some of these practices, notably those denoted by the term yoga, are orientated towards salvation from the cycle of reincarnation and go back several thousand years. …
The Truth Within
A History of Inwardness in Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism
Av Gavin Flood
Häftad, 2015
691 kr
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The idea that there is a truth within the person linked to the discovery of a deeper, more fundamental, more authentic self, has been a common theme in many religions throughout history and an idea that is still with us today. This inwardness or interiority unique to me as an essential feature of …
Religion and the Philosophy of Life
Av Gavin Flood
Inbunden, 2019
750 kr
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Religion and the Philosophy of Life considers how religion as the source of civilization transforms the fundamental bio-sociology of humans through language and the somatic exploration of religious ritual and prayer. Gavin Flood offers an integrative account of the nature of the human, based on …
The Truth Within
A History of Inwardness in Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism
Av Gavin Flood
Inbunden, 2013
2993 kr
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The idea that there is a truth within the person linked to the discovery of a deeper, more fundamental, more authentic self, has been a common theme in many religions throughout history and an idea that is still with us today. This inwardness or interiority unique to me as an essential feature of …
Beyond Phenomenology
Rethinking the Study of Religion
Av Gavin Flood
Häftad, 1999
1415 kr
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This book argues that the understanding and explanation of religion is always historically contingent. Grounded in the work of Bakhtin and Ricoeur, Flood positions the academic study of religion within contemporary debates in the social sciences and humanities concerning modernity and …
Connecting Ecologies
Integrating Responses to the Global Challenge
Av Patrick Riordan, Gavin Flood
Inbunden, 2024
2504 kr
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Connecting Ecologies focuses on the environmental aspects of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ and the challenge to care for our common home. It considers how best to devise and implement the new societal models needed to tackle the ecological problems facing the world today. The book addresses …
Tantra in Medieval India and Nepal
An annotated edition and translation of The Teaching of the Lord of Immortality, the Netra Tantra, Chapters 1-8
Av Gavin Flood, Bjarne Wernicke-Olesen
Inbunden, 2026
2225 kr
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This volume presents the first complete edition and English translation of the opening eight chapters of the Netratantra, one of early medieval South Asia's most influential yet understudied tantric texts.Likely composed in Kashmir during the eighth or ninth century and transmitted to Nepal by 1200 …
Bhagavad Gita
A New Translation
Av Gavin Flood
Häftad, 2013
279 kr
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This new verse translation of the classic Sanskrit text combines the skills of leading Hinduist Gavin Flood with the stylistic verve of award-winning poet and translator Charles Martin. The result is a living, vivid work that avoids dull pedantry and remains true to the extraordinarily influential …
Blackwell Companion to Hinduism
Av Gavin Flood
E-bok, 2008
700 kr
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An ideal resource for courses on Hinduism or world religions, this accessible volume spans the entire field of Hindu studies. It provides a forum for the best scholars in the world to make their views and research available to a wider audience. Comprehensively covers the textual traditions of …
The Ascetic Self
Subjectivity, Memory and Tradition
Av Gavin Flood
Häftad, 2004
781 kr
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This 2004 book is about the ascetic self in the scriptural religions of Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism. The author claims that asceticism can be understood as the internalisation of tradition, the shaping of the narrative of a life in accordance with the narrative of tradition that might be …
The Ascetic Self
Subjectivity, Memory and Tradition
Av Gavin Flood
Inbunden, 2004
1211 kr
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This 2004 book is about the ascetic self in the scriptural religions of Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism. The author claims that asceticism can be understood as the internalisation of tradition, the shaping of the narrative of a life in accordance with the narrative of tradition that might be …
Connecting Ecologies
Integrating Responses to the Global Challenge
Av Gavin Flood, Patrick Riordan
E-bok, 2024
813 kr
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Connecting Ecologies focuses on the environmental aspects of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ and the challenge to care for our common home. It considers how best to devise and implement the new societal models needed to tackle the ecological problems facing the world today. The book addresses …
Connecting Ecologies
Integrating Responses to the Global Challenge
Av Gavin Flood, Patrick Riordan
E-bok, 2024
813 kr
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Connecting Ecologies focuses on the environmental aspects of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ and the challenge to care for our common home. It considers how best to devise and implement the new societal models needed to tackle the ecological problems facing the world today. The book addresses …
Connecting Ecologies
Integrating Responses to the Global Challenge
Av Patrick Riordan, Gavin Flood
Häftad, 2025
704 kr
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Connecting Ecologies focuses on the environmental aspects of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ and the challenge to care for our common home. It considers how best to devise and implement the new societal models needed to tackle the ecological problems facing the world today. The book addresses …
Concept of Mind in Hindu Tantra
Av Gavin Flood
Inbunden, 2024
2504 kr
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This book presents an account of the concept of mind in Hindu Tantra through a study of religious and philosophical texts in the medieval period.Offering an understanding on how the mind is conceptualized both as that which keeps a person bound to the cycle of reincarnation and as having …
Concept of Mind in Hindu Tantra
Av Gavin Flood
Häftad, 2026
704 kr
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This book presents an account of the concept of mind in Hindu Tantra through a study of religious and philosophical texts in the medieval period.Offering an understanding on how the mind is conceptualized both as that which keeps a person bound to the cycle of reincarnation and as having …
Concept of Mind in Hindu Tantra
Av Gavin Flood
E-bok, 2024
805 kr
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This book presents an account of the concept of mind in Hindu Tantra through a study of religious and philosophical texts in the medieval period. Offering an understanding on how the mind is conceptualized both as that which keeps a person bound to the cycle of reincarnation and as having …
Concept of Mind in Hindu Tantra
Av Gavin Flood
E-bok, 2024
813 kr
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This book presents an account of the concept of mind in Hindu Tantra through a study of religious and philosophical texts in the medieval period. Offering an understanding on how the mind is conceptualized both as that which keeps a person bound to the cycle of reincarnation and as having …
Wiley Blackwell Companion to Hinduism
Inbunden, 2022
1940 kr
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An accessible and up-to-date survey of scholarly thinking about Hinduism, perfect for courses on Hinduism or world religionsThe Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Hinduism examines the historical trajectories that have led to the modern religion of Hinduism. Covering main themes such as philosophy, …
Wiley Blackwell Companion to Hinduism
Av Gavin Flood
E-bok, 2022
2265 kr
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An accessible and up-to-date survey of scholarly thinking about Hinduism, perfect for courses on Hinduism or world religions The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Hinduism examines the historical trajectories that have led to the modern religion of Hinduism. Covering main themes such as philosophy, …
Wiley Blackwell Companion to Hinduism
Av Gavin Flood
E-bok, 2022
2216 kr
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An accessible and up-to-date survey of scholarly thinking about Hinduism, perfect for courses on Hinduism or world religions The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Hinduism examines the historical trajectories that have led to the modern religion of Hinduism. Covering main themes such as philosophy, …
Symbol of Ascent
Human Longing and the Quest for Transcendence
Av Gavin Flood, Kevin Hart m. fl.
Inbunden, 2026
1193 kr
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The Symbol of Ascent argues that the history of religions is, in large part, the history of humanity’s symbolic elaboration of a longing for transcendence.Across civilizations, human beings have imagined ascent: the soul rising towards God, the philosopher ascending to truth, the yogin passing …
