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Divine and the Demonic
Supernatural Affliction and its Treatment in North India
Av Graham Dwyer
Inbunden, 2002
1524 kr
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Based on fieldwork in the north Indian state of Rajasthan, this book focuses on supernatural affliction - illness and misfortune ascribed to demonic spirits or ghosts and to other mystical agents, such as sorcerers and witches. The study augments and extends the existing scholarship on a range of …
Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan
Images of Compassion in the Gyoki Tradition
Inbunden, 2004
2894 kr
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Hagiographies or idealized biographies which recount the lives of saints, bodhisattvas and other charismatic figures have been the meeting place for myth and experience. In medieval Europe, the 'lives of saints' were read during liturgical celebrations and the texts themselves were treated as …
Genealogy of the South Indian Deities
An English Translation of Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg's Original German Manuscript with a Textual Analysis and Glossary
Inbunden, 2004
2525 kr
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For the first time Genealogy of the South Indian Deities, the work of Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719), the first Protestant missionary in India, is made accessible to an English readership. Originally published in 1713, the text reveals Ziegenbalg's ethos in the emerging European Enlightenment …
Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan
Images of Compassion in the Gyoki Tradition
Häftad, 2012
833 kr
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Hagiographies or idealized biographies which recount the lives of saints, bodhisattvas and other charismatic figures have been the meeting place for myth and experience. In medieval Europe, the 'lives of saints' were read during liturgical celebrations and the texts themselves were treated as …
Genealogy of the South Indian Deities
An English Translation of Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg's Original German Manuscript with a Textual Analysis and Glossary
Häftad, 2012
754 kr
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For the first time Genealogy of the South Indian Deities, the work of Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719), the first Protestant missionary in India, is made accessible to an English readership. Originally published in 1713, the text reveals Ziegenbalg's ethos in the emerging European Enlightenment …
Divine and the Demonic
Supernatural Affliction and its Treatment in North India
Av Graham Dwyer
Häftad, 2014
505 kr
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Based on fieldwork in the north Indian state of Rajasthan, this book focuses on supernatural affliction - illness and misfortune ascribed to demonic spirits or ghosts and to other mystical agents, such as sorcerers and witches. The study augments and extends the existing scholarship on a range of …
Tradition and Liberation
The Hindu Tradition in the Indian Women's Movement
Inbunden, 1999
1519 kr
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The text examines the role of the Hindu tradition in the ideology and methodology of the Indian women's movement. By showing how leaders of the movement have restated aspects of the tradition, it provides insight into the ways in which a women's movement can restate a religious tradition. …
Shinto in History
Ways of the Kami
Inbunden, 2000
3787 kr
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This is the only book to date offering a critical overview of Shinto from early times to the modern era, and evaluating Shinto's place in Japanese religious culture. In recent years, a few books on medieval Shinto have appeared, but none has attempted to depict the broader picture, to examine …
Shinto in History
Ways of the Kami
Häftad, 2000
880 kr
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This is the only book to date offering a critical overview of Shinto from early times to the modern era, and evaluating Shinto's place in Japanese religious culture. In recent years, a few books on medieval Shinto have appeared, but none has attempted to depict the broader picture, to examine …
Beyond Personal Identity
Dogen, Nishida, and a Phenomenology of No-Self
Av Gereon Kopf
Inbunden, 2001
2508 kr
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Applies Dogen Kigen's religious philosophy and the philosophy of Nishida Kitaro to the philosophical problem of personal identity, probing the applicability of the concept of non-self to the philosophical problems of selfhood, otherness, and temporality which culminate in the conundrum of personal …
Krsna: Lord or Avatara?
The Relationship Between Krsna and Visnu
Inbunden, 2000
2508 kr
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This is a study of three Sanskrit texts, the Harivamsa, the Visnupurana, and the Bhagavatabelonging to the puranic genre, the chief source of knowledge of the origins of popular Hinduism. It treats them as integrated compositions and displays the theological motives and creative skill which have …
Biographical Tradition in Sufism
The Tabaqat Genre from al-Sulami to Jami
Inbunden, 2000
2884 kr
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This book is a study of the major works of Sufi historiography, which takes the form of collections of biographies. It provides a literary context in which one can appreciate fully the theological significance and historical value of Sufi biographies.
Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism
Av James Egge
Inbunden, 2002
2508 kr
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Demonstrates that Buddhists appropriated the practice, vocabulary, and ideology of sacrifice from Vedic religion, and discusses the relationship of this sacrificial discourse to ideas of karma in the Pali canon and in early Buddhism.
Nature and Rationale of Zen/Chan and Enlightenment
The Mind of a Pre-Natal Baby
Av Ming Dong Gu
Inbunden, 2023
2525 kr
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This book initiates a paradigm shift away from Zen/Chan as quintessentially Buddhist and examines what makes Chan thought and practice unique and original through an interdisciplinary investigation of the nature and rationale of Chan and its enlightenment.Exploring how enlightenment is achieved …
Nature and Rationale of Zen/Chan and Enlightenment
The Mind of a Pre-Natal Baby
Av Ming Dong Gu
Häftad, 2024
651 kr
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This book initiates a paradigm shift away from Zen/Chan as quintessentially Buddhist and examines what makes Chan thought and practice unique and original through an interdisciplinary investigation of the nature and rationale of Chan and its enlightenment.Exploring how enlightenment is achieved …
Genealogy of the South Indian Deities
An English Translation of Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg's Original German Manuscript with a Textual Analysis and Glossary
E-bok, 2004
883 kr
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For the first time Genealogy of the South Indian Deities, the work of Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719), the first Protestant missionary in India, is made accessible to an English readership. Originally published in 1713, the text reveals Ziegenbalg's ethos in the emerging European Enlightenment …
Genealogy of the South Indian Deities
An English Translation of Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg's Original German Manuscript with a Textual Analysis and Glossary
E-bok, 2004
883 kr
Lägg i varukorg
For the first time Genealogy of the South Indian Deities, the work of Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719), the first Protestant missionary in India, is made accessible to an English readership. Originally published in 1713, the text reveals Ziegenbalg's ethos in the emerging European Enlightenment …
Tradition and Liberation
The Hindu Tradition in the Indian Women's Movement
E-bok, 2018
813 kr
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The text examines the role of the Hindu tradition in the ideology and methodology of the Indian women's movement. By showing how leaders of the movement have restated aspects of the tradition, it provides insight into the ways in which a women's movement can restate a religious tradition. …
Tradition and Liberation
The Hindu Tradition in the Indian Women's Movement
E-bok, 2018
831 kr
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The text examines the role of the Hindu tradition in the ideology and methodology of the Indian women's movement. By showing how leaders of the movement have restated aspects of the tradition, it provides insight into the ways in which a women's movement can restate a religious tradition. …
Biographical Tradition in Sufism
The Tabaqat Genre from al-Sulami to Jami
E-bok, 2013
1115 kr
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This book is a study of the major works of Sufi historiography, which takes the form of collections of biographies. It provides a literary context in which one can appreciate fully the theological significance and historical value of Sufi biographies.
Biographical Tradition in Sufism
The Tabaqat Genre from al-Sulami to Jami
E-bok, 2013
1091 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is a study of the major works of Sufi historiography, which takes the form of collections of biographies. It provides a literary context in which one can appreciate fully the theological significance and historical value of Sufi biographies.
Krsna: Lord or Avatara?
The Relationship Between Krsna and Visnu
Häftad, 2015
754 kr
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This is a study of three Sanskrit texts, the Harivamsa, the Visnupurana, and the Bhagavatabelonging to the puranic genre, the chief source of knowledge of the origins of popular Hinduism. It treats them as integrated compositions and displays the theological motives and creative skill which have …
Religious Giving and the Invention of Karma in Theravada Buddhism
Av James Egge
Häftad, 2015
827 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Demonstrates that Buddhists appropriated the practice, vocabulary, and ideology of sacrifice from Vedic religion, and discusses the relationship of this sacrificial discourse to ideas of karma in the Pali canon and in early Buddhism.
Biographical Tradition in Sufism
The Tabaqat Genre from al-Sulami to Jami
Häftad, 2015
951 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is a study of the major works of Sufi historiography, which takes the form of collections of biographies. It provides a literary context in which one can appreciate fully the theological significance and historical value of Sufi biographies.
Beyond Personal Identity
Dogen, Nishida, and a Phenomenology of No-Self
Av Gereon Kopf
Häftad, 2015
798 kr
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Applies Dogen Kigen's religious philosophy and the philosophy of Nishida Kitaro to the philosophical problem of personal identity, probing the applicability of the concept of non-self to the philosophical problems of selfhood, otherness, and temporality which culminate in the conundrum of personal …
