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Dharma and Halacha
Comparative Studies in Hindu-Jewish Philosophy and Religion
Av Ithamar Theodor, Yudit Kornberg Greenberg
Häftad, 2020
547 kr
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In recent decades there has been a rising interest among scholars of Hinduism and Judaism in engaging in the comparative studies of these ancient traditions. Academic interests have also been inspired by the rise of interreligious dialogue by the respective religious leaders. Dharma and Halacha: …
Ayahuasca as Liquid Divinity
An Ontological Approach
Inbunden, 2023
1143 kr
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Ayahuasca often yields transformative experiences that merge such familiar categories as the sacred and the secular, transcendence and immanence, subject and object, and the human and the nonhuman. However, such experiences are interpreted differently by Western and indigenous discourses. Using the …
Mysticism and Morality
A New Look At Old Questions
Inbunden, 2004
1700 kr
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In Mysticism and Morality author Richard Jones explores an often neglected question of religious ethics: Is mysticism moral? Through a discussion of several religious traditions—including Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Tantrism, Daoism, and Christianity—Jones fills a major void in the scholarly …
Comparative Philosophy and Religion in Times of Terror
Inbunden, 2006
1347 kr
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Ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, concerns about violence, terror, and terrorism have dominated our contemporary lifestyle. Is religion a part of the problem or the solution? Can philosophical reflection help us to understand terror, violence, and insecurity? Can comparative …
Gandhi's Experiments with Truth
Essential Writings by and about Mahatma Gandhi
Häftad, 2005
628 kr
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This comprehensive Gandhi reader provides an essential new reference for scholars and students of his life and thought. It is the only text available that presents Gandhi's own writings, including excerpts from three of his books—An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth, Satyagraha …
To Broaden the Way
A Confucian-Jewish Dialogue
Häftad, 2006
613 kr
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To Broaden the Way suggests that the texts of both the Jewish and Confucian tradition talk in riddles of a special kind: riddles, which are introduced - and answered - by religious forms of life. Using a "dialogue of riddles," Galia Patt-Shamir presents a comparative perspective of Confucianism and …
Comparative Philosophy and Religion in Times of Terror
Häftad, 2006
613 kr
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Ever since the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, concerns about violence, terror, and terrorism have dominated our contemporary lifestyle. Is religion a part of the problem or the solution? Can philosophical reflection help us to understand terror, violence, and insecurity? Can comparative …
Reality, Religion, and Passion
Indian and Western Approaches in Hans-Georg Gadamer and Rupa Gosvami
Inbunden, 2009
1559 kr
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The problem of radical doubt has threatened the commitment to ultimate truth in many cultures and periods. In Reality, Religion, and Passion, Jessica Frazier compares two thinkers who sought to restore philosophy's passion for truth in cultures threatened by the dispassion of radical doubt. In …
Reality, Religion, and Passion
Indian and Western Approaches in Hans-Georg Gadamer and Rupa Gosvami
Häftad, 2008
712 kr
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The problem of radical doubt has threatened the commitment to ultimate truth in many cultures and periods. In Reality, Religion, and Passion, Jessica Frazier compares two thinkers who sought to restore philosophy's passion for truth in cultures threatened by the dispassion of radical doubt. In …
Ethics of Compassion
Bridging Ethical Theory and Religious Moral Discourse
Häftad, 2010
599 kr
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Ethics of Compassion places central themes from Buddhist (primarily) and Christian moral teachings within the conceptual framework of Western normative ethics. What results is a viable alternative ethical theory to those offered by utilitarians, Kantian formalists, proponents of the natural law …
Pyrrhonism
How the Ancient Greeks Reinvented Buddhism
Häftad, 2010
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628 kr
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Pyrrhonism is commonly confused with scepticism in Western philosophy. Unlike sceptics, who believe there are no true beliefs, Pyrrhonists suspend judgment about all beliefs, including the belief that there are no true beliefs. Pyrrhonism was developed by a line of ancient Greek philosophers, from …
Brahman and Dao
Comparative Studies of Indian and Chinese Philosophy and Religion
Av Ithamar Theodor, Zhihua Yao
Inbunden, 2013
1559 kr
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The present geopolitical rise of India and China evokes much interest in the comparative study of these two ancient Asian cultures. There are various studies comparing Western and Indian philosophies and religions, and there are similar works comparing Chinese and Western philosophy and religion. …
Metaphysics of Kindness
Comparative Studies in Religious Meta-Ethics
Av Asher Walden
Inbunden, 2015
1277 kr
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Religious world-views reserve a central and prominent place for human moral action, yet they must also contend with the reality of human moral failings. Is it possible to anchor moral knowledge and practice in the framework of a moral universe? If so, how do you explain why things go wrong? Must …
Nietzsche and Zen
Self Overcoming Without a Self
Häftad, 2013
712 kr
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In Nietzsche and Zen: Self-Overcoming Without a Self, André van der Braak engages Nietzsche in a dialogue with four representatives of the Buddhist Zen tradition: Nagarjuna (c. 150-250), Linji (d. 860), Dogen (1200-1253), and Nishitani (1900-1990). In doing so, he reveals Nietzsche's thought as a …
Fortune and the Dao
A Comparative Study of Machiavelli, the Daodejing, and the Han Feizi
Inbunden, 2015
1427 kr
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Times of prolonged conflict spur great minds to seek a lasting peace. Thus was the case of Warring States China, which saw the rise of the Hundred Schools of Thought, including the Doadejing and the Han Feizi, and Renaissance Italy, which produced Niccolò Machiavelli. Witnessing their respective …
Metaphor and Metaphilosophy
Philosophy as Combat, Play, and Aesthetic Experience
Häftad, 2017
632 kr
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Sarah A. Mattice explores contemporary philosophical activity and the way in which one aspect of language—metaphor—gives shape and boundary to the landscape of the discipline. The book examines metaphors of combat, play, and aesthetic experience and emphasizes how the choices we make in …
Postmodern Ethics, Emptiness, and Literature
Encounters between East and West
Häftad, 2017
717 kr
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This study advances contemporary postmodern/poststructural critical theory, literary criticism in particular, with the help of Mahayana—especially Ch’an/Seon (Chinese and Korean Zen)—Buddhist thought. The quest for theinfinity of the Other (West) and Emptiness or the true I (East) contributes to …
Brahman and Dao
Comparative Studies of Indian and Chinese Philosophy and Religion
Av Ithamar Theodor, Zhihua Yao
Häftad, 2015
859 kr
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The present geopolitical rise of India and China evokes much interest in the comparative study of these two ancient Asian cultures. There are various studies comparing Western and Indian philosophies and religions, and there are similar works comparing Chinese and Western philosophy and religion. …
Philosophy of the Ancient Maya
Lords of Time
Inbunden, 2017
1285 kr
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This book investigates some of the central topics of metaphysics in the philosophical thought of the Maya people of Mesoamerica, particularly from the Preclassic through Postclassic periods. This book covers the topics of time, change, identity, and truth, through comparative investigation …
Philosophy of the Ancient Maya
Lords of Time
Häftad, 2019
835 kr
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This book investigates some of the central topics of metaphysics in the philosophical thought of the Maya people of Mesoamerica, particularly from the Preclassic through Postclassic periods. This book covers the topics of time, change, identity, and truth, through comparative investigation …
Making Space for Knowing
A Capacious Approach to Comparative Epistemology
Inbunden, 2017
1214 kr
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Making Space for Knowing: A Capacious Approach to Comparative Epistemology is an intervention in mainstream Western epistemology, especially as it relates to theories of knowledge, knowing, and knowers. Through its focus on propositional knowledge, contemporary mainstream epistemology has narrowed …
Plantingian Religious Epistemology and World Religions
Prospects and Problems
Av Erik Baldwin, Tyler Dalton McNabb
Inbunden, 2018
1285 kr
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To what extent can non-Christian religious traditions utilize Plantinga’s epistemology? And, if there are believers from differing religious traditions that can rightfully utilize Plantinga’s religious epistemology, does this somehow prevent a Plantingian’s creedal-specific religious belief from …
Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India
Nagarjuna, Jayarasi, and Sri Harsa
Av Ethan Mills
Inbunden, 2018
1560 kr
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Beginning with the earliest strata of Indian philosophy, this book uncovers a distinct tradition of skepticism in Indian philosophy through a study of the “three pillars” of Indian skepticism near the beginning, middle, and end of the classical era: Nagarjuna (c. 150-200 CE), Jayarasi (c. 770-830 …
Three Pillars of Skepticism in Classical India
Nagarjuna, Jayarasi, and Sri Harsa
Av Ethan Mills
Häftad, 2020
547 kr
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Beginning with the earliest strata of Indian philosophy, this book uncovers a distinct tradition of skepticism in Indian philosophy through a study of the “three pillars” of Indian skepticism near the beginning, middle, and end of the classical era: Nagarjuna (c. 150-200 CE), Jayarasi (c. 770-830 …
Exile and Otherness
The Ethics of Shinran and Maimonides
Inbunden, 2020
1214 kr
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In Exile and Otherness: The Ethics of Shinran and Maimonides, Ilana Maymind argues that Shinran (1173–1263), the founder of True Pure Land Buddhism (Jodo Shinshu), and Maimonides (1138–1204), a Jewish philosopher, Torah scholar, and physician, were both deeply affected by their conditions of exile …
Gandhi's Thought and Liberal Democracy
Av Sanjay Lal
Inbunden, 2019
1143 kr
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With an intense focus on both the depth and practicality of Mahatma Gandhi’s political and religious thought this book reveals the valuable insights Gandhi offers to anyone concerned about the prospects of liberalism in the contemporary world. Gandhi’s Religious Thought and Liberal Democracy makes …
Ayahuasca as Liquid Divinity
An Ontological Approach
Häftad, 2026
415 kr
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Ayahuasca often yields transformative experiences that merge such familiar categories as the sacred and the secular, transcendence and immanence, subject and object, and the human and the nonhuman. However, such experiences are interpreted differently by Western and indigenous discourses. Using the …
Religion and Radical Pluralism
Engaging Rawls and Gandhi
Inbunden, 2023
1214 kr
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In Religion and Radical Pluralism: Engaging Rawls and Gandhi, Jeff Shawn Jose confronts the question of the role of religion in the public sphere through the writings of John Rawls and Mahatma Gandhi. Jose explores Rawls’s and Gandhi’s contrasting and complementary views through the framework of …
Nondualism
An Interreligious Exploration
Av Jon Paul Sydnor, Anthony J. Watson
Inbunden, 2023
1214 kr
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The time has come for nondualism. As a fundamentally unifying concept, nondualism may seem out of place in an age of rising nationalism and bitter deglobalization, but our current debates over tribalism and universalism all grant nondualism an informative relevance. Nondualism rejects both …
Hindus, Jews, and the Politics of Comparison
Embodied Communities and Models of Religious Tradition
Inbunden, 2026
1356 kr
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In Hindus, Jews, and the Politics of Comparison: Embodied Communities and Models of Religious Tradition, Barbara A. Holdrege emphasizes the role of comparative study as a method of critical interrogation that can serve as a means to challenge hegemonic taxonomies and categories in the academy and …
