1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910464574203321

Autore

Leaf Murray J.

Titolo

The anthropology of Eastern religions : ideas, organizations, and constituencies / / Murray J. Leaf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-7391-9241-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Disciplina

306.6095

Soggetti

Anthropology of religion - Asia

Religion and sociology - Asia

Electronic books.

Asia Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Related Approaches; "Higher" Traditions in General; The Theory; Using the Theory; Common Themes; The Order of Description; Further Reading; Notes; Chapter Two: Vedas and Vedanta; Indus Valley Ideas; South Asian Texts and Sects; Translation Issues; The Vedas; The Upanishads; Organizations, Personnel, and Constituency of Vedanta; Conclusion; Further Reading; Notes; Chapter Three: Jain and Buddhist Traditions; The Jain Tradition; The Buddhist Tradition; Buddhist Ethics: The Middle Way; Conclusion

Further ReadingNotes; Chapter Four: Hindu Traditions; Hinduism, Hindu Society, and Caste; Sikhism: Living Bhakti; Conclusion; Further Reading; Notes; Chapter Five: China's Main Religions; Taoism; Confucianism; Legalism; Buddhism in China; Conclusion; Further Reading; Notes; Chapter Six: Japan's Religious Traditions; Background; Shinto; Japanese Buddhist Sects; Zen; Bushido; Conclusion; Further Reading; Notes; Chapter Seven: Conclusion; Religion and Social Development; Religion and Ethics; Final Thought; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Anthropology of Eastern Religions: Ideas, Organizations, and



Constituencies is a comparative survey of the world's major religious traditions as professional enterprises and, often, as social movements. Documenting the principle ideas behind Eastern religious traditions from an anthropological perspective, Murray J. Leaf demonstrates how these ideas have been used in building internal organizations that mobilize or fail to mobilize external support.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910828519903321

Autore

Bailey Gauvin A.

Titolo

Between Renaissance and Baroque : Jesuit art in Rome, 1565-1610 / / Gauvin Alexander Bailey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-4426-8629-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (515 p.)

Collana

Heritage

Disciplina

704.9/482/09456309031

Soggetti

Art, Italian - Italy - Rome - 16th century

Jesuit art - Italy - Rome

Italy Rome

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 1 Introduction: A Time without Art? ; 3 -- ; 2 The Novitiate of S. Andrea al Quirinale ; 38 -- ; 3 The Novitiate Infirmary ; 74 -- ; 4 The Jesuit Collegiate Foundations of the Collegio Romano, the Seminario Romano, and the German-Hungarian College ; 107 -- ; 5 The Collegiate Church of S. Tommaso di Canterbury and the Novitiate Church of S. Vitale ; 153 -- ; 6 The Church of the Gesu in Rome: Documents ; 187 -- ; 7 The Church of the Gesu in Rome: Description and Interpretation ; 224 -- ; 8 Conclusion: A New Sacred Art for a New Era ; 261.

Sommario/riassunto

"Between Renaisance and Baroque is a stunning achievement - the first book to be written about the original painting commissions of the Jesuits in Rome. Offering a uniquely comprehensive and comparative



analysis of the paintings and stuccoes which adorned all of the Jesuit foundations in the city during their first half century of existence, the study treats some of the most crucial monuments of late Renaissance painting including the original decorations of the church of the Gesu and the Collegio Romano, and the martyrdom frescoes at S. Stefano Rotondo."--Jacket