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Today's Woman in World Religions
Häftad, 1993
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This book examines how the women's movement is affecting traditional religions and civilizations throughout the world. It reviews cases of global impact in Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Australian aboriginal religion. This volume completes the trilogy …
Religion and Women
Häftad, 1993
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This book discusses the position of women in the Native American, African, Shinto, Jaina, Zoroastrian, Sikh, and Baha'i faiths for the first time in a single volume, and evolves a conceptual framework within which their positions could be comprehensively considered. The contributing scholars …
Songs of Wisdom and Circles of Dance
Hymns of the Satpanth Ismāʿili Muslim Saint, Pir Shams
Häftad, 1995
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A survey of the Ismaili Muslim traditions and a translation of many Santpanth Ismaili Ginans (hymnsCoursing though cultures and time, tuneful verse has given moving expression to the human longing for the divine. As poetry strung on sweet melodies, hymns bear testimony to the religious life of the …
Because It Gives Me Peace of Mind
Ritual Fasts in the Religious Lives of Hindu Women
Häftad, 1996
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Explores the history and nature of vrats (ritual fasts) in text and practice, and the roles these rites play in the lives of Hindu women in North India.This is the first book-length study that explores the history and nature of vrats-votive fasting rites-the role these rites play in the religious …
Feminism and World Religions
Av Arvind Sharma, Katherine K. Young
Häftad, 1998
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CHOICE 1999 Outstanding Academic BooksAddressing religion and feminism on a global scale, this unprecedented book contains a nuanced and fine-tuned treatment of seven of the world's religions from a feminist perspective by leading women scholars. Feminism and World Religions contains chapters on …
Methodology in Religious Studies
The Interface with Women's Studies
Inbunden, 2002
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Explores the impact of women's studies on methodology in religious studies.Methodology in Religious Studies assesses the impact of women's studies on the various methods employed in studying religion. Since its inception in the 1860s, the study of religion as an academic discipline has evolved over …
Methodology in Religious Studies
The Interface with Women's Studies
Häftad, 2002
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Explores the impact of women's studies on methodology in religious studies.Methodology in Religious Studies assesses the impact of women's studies on the various methods employed in studying religion. Since its inception in the 1860s, the study of religion as an academic discipline has evolved over …
Ritual Worship of the Great Goddess
The Liturgy of the Durgā Pūjā with Interpretations
Häftad, 2003
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A first-hand description of the Durga Puja, the Hinda celebration of the Great Goddess.During a nine-day period every autumn, Hindus in India and throughout the world worship the Great Goddess, Durgā—the formidable deity who is loved like a mother. One of the most dramatic and popular of these …
Women in the Yoruba Religious Sphere
Häftad, 2003
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An exploration of gender and power relations in Yoruba religion—both Christianity and Yoruba traditional religion.Drawing on a wide range of oral and written sources, this book shows that women occupy a central place in the religious worldview and life of the Yoruba people and shows how men and …
Hindu Ethics
Purity, Abortion, and Euthanasia
Av Harold Coward, Julius Lipner m. fl.
Häftad, 1988
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Modern Western approaches to India often have focused on metaphysics at the expense of ethics, leading many to see Hinduism as only concerned with the esoteric and the otherworldly. The chapters of this book offer case study explorations that are selected and presented to invite comparisons with …
Religion and Aging in the Indian Tradition
Häftad, 1989
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The manner of aging is a cultural construct and there is a specifically Indian way of aging. That way is shown in this book through the anlyses of key concepts—aging (jara), stages of life (asarama), time (kala), determinate deeds (karma), desire (kama), change (parinama), and rejuvenative force …
Because It Gives Me Peace of Mind
Ritual Fasts in the Religious Lives of Hindu Women
Inbunden, 1996
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Explores the history and nature of vrats (ritual fasts) in text and practice, and the roles these rites play in the lives of Hindu women in North India.This is the first book-length study that explores the history and nature of vrats-votive fasting rites-the role these rites play in the religious …
Kenosis and Feminist Theology
The Challenge of Gianni Vattimo
Häftad, 1998
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Using a perspective derived from the philosophy of Gianni Vattimo, Frascati-Lochhead explores the response of feminist theology to postmodern theory.This book addresses crucial issues that postmodern theory has raised for feminism and for feminist theology in particular. Postmodern critiques of …
Freedom through Inner Renunciation
Śaṅkara's Philosophy in a New Light
Häftad, 1999
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This first full-length study of renunication in Sankara's Advaita Vedanta shows that Sankara's position has been misinterpreted by both traditional and modern commentators and brings his actual position to light.This book is the first full-length study of renunciation in Śaṅkara's Advaita Vedānta. …
Concept of Bodhicitta in Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra
Häftad, 2000
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An examination of bodhicitta, a key concept in Mahauyauna Buddhism.This book explores an important concept within the Buddhist Mahāyāna tradition, bodhicitta. This term appears frequently in Sanskrit literature relating to the spiritual practices of the bodhisattva in Mahāyāna Buddhism and has been …
Women Saints in World Religions
Häftad, 2000
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Presents stories and commentaries on women saints from the Hindu, Buddhist, Taoist, Jewish, Islamic, and Christian traditions.Women Saints in World Religions deepens our understanding of the concept of sainthood, brings to light original material, and presents the first comparative analysis of …
Identifying Selfhood
Imagination, Narrative, and Hermeneutics in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur
Inbunden, 2000
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Traces the decentered formulation of self at the heart of Paul Ricoeur's philosophy from his earliest works to his most recent.Identifying Selfhood provides the first sustained treatment of the development of Paul Ricoeur's decentered formulation of selfhood from his earliest works to his most …
Identifying Selfhood
Imagination, Narrative, and Hermeneutics in the Thought of Paul Ricoeur
Häftad, 2000
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Traces the decentered formulation of self at the heart of Paul Ricoeur's philosophy from his earliest works to his most recent.Identifying Selfhood provides the first sustained treatment of the development of Paul Ricoeur's decentered formulation of selfhood from his earliest works to his most …
Destiny and Human Initiative in the Mahābhārata
Inbunden, 2001
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Considers the questions of free will in the great India epic, the Mahabharata.Destiny and Human Initiative in the Mahabharata explores this epic's ongoing polemic regarding free will in the face of destiny. While the belief that human history is governed exclusively by external forces is evident in …
Destiny and Human Initiative in the Mahābhārata
Häftad, 2001
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Considers the questions of free will in the great India epic, the Mahabharata.Destiny and Human Initiative in the Mahabharata explores this epic's ongoing polemic regarding free will in the face of destiny. While the belief that human history is governed exclusively by external forces is evident in …
Women in World Religions
Häftad, 1987
414 kr
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This is a book by women about women in the religions of the world. It presents all the basic facts and ideological issues concerning the position of women in the major religious traditions of humanity: Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Taoism, and tribal religions.A …
