Muslims in Eastern Europe / / Egdūnas Račius

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815660703321
• Autore: Račius Egdūnas
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Edinburgh, Scotland : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• ISBN: 1-4744-1581-4; 1-4744-1580-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys
• Disciplina: 947.000882971
• Soggetti: Muslims - Europe, Eastern - History; Europe, Eastern; Osteuropa
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of tables, boxes and maps -- Glossary of Islamic terms -- Foreword and acknowledgements -- 1 Autochthonous Islam of Eastern Europe – populations, practices, institutions -- 2 Historical overview -- 3 North-eastern Europe -- 4 Successor states of Yugoslavia -- 5 South-eastern Europe -- 6 Central Europe -- 7 Islam in Eastern Europe, Eastern European Islam: new faces, new challenges -- 8 Considering the other side -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Introduces the centuries-old history of Muslim communities in Eastern EuropeThe history and contemporary situation of Muslim communities in Eastern Europe are explored here from three angles. First, survival, telling of the resilience of these Muslim communities in the face of often restrictive state policies and hostile social environments, especially during the Communist period. Next, their subsequent revival in the aftermath of the Cold War, and last, transformation, looking at the profound changes currently taking place in the demographic composition of the communities and in the forms of Islam practised by them. The reader is shown a picture of the general trends common to the Muslim communities of Eastern Europe, and the special characteristics of clusters of states, such as the Baltics, the Balkans, the ; Višegrad states, and the European states of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).Key FeaturesPlaces Muslim communities of Eastern Europe within their historical and pan-European context, establishing them as belonging in and to EuropeProvides an overview of the history and current trends in Muslim communities in 21 post-Communist Eastern European countriesAnalyses the situation of Muslim communities in Eastern Europe on a country-cluster basis (North-Eastern Europe: Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Moldova; the successor states of Yugoslavia: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Slovenia, Croatia; South-Eastern Europe: Albania, Bulgaria, Romania; Central Europe: Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia)Provides an overview of the emerging trends in conversion to Islam among Eastern Europeans

Pure mind in a clean body : bodily care in the Buddhist monasteries of ancient India and China / / Ann Heirman & Mathieu Torck

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910563159303321
• Autore: Heirman Ann
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Academia Press, 2012; Ghent, Belgium : , : Ginkgo Academia Press, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 electronic resource (194 p.)
• Disciplina: 294.36570954
• Soggetti: Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) - History - India; Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) - History - China; Human body - Buddhism - Religious aspects - China; Hygiene - Religious aspects - India; Hygiene - History; Hygiene in literature - Conduct of life; Buddhist monks
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1 Bodily care practices and objects ; 3 -- ; 1.1 From India to China ; 4 ; -- ; 1.2 Material culture ; 5 -- ; 1.3 Monastic and lay people ; 6 -- ; 1.4 Beyond daily life ; 6 -- ; 2 Overview of sources ; 9 -- ; 2.1 The monastic context ; 9 -- ; 2.2 The lay world ; 16 -- ; 3 Outline of chapters ; 18 -- Notes ; 20 -- ; I Bathing Facilities ; 27 -- ; 1 Bathing practices in vinaya texts ; 28 -- ; 1.1 Bathing facilities in the monastic compound ; 31 -- ; 1.2 Assisting a teacher in the bathhouse ; 32 -- ; 1.3 Sutra On Bathing Monks in the Bathhouse ; 33 -- ; 2 Bathing facilities in Chinese vinaya commentaries and disciplinary guidelines ; 35 -- ; 2.1 Practical rules on how to make and use bathing facilities ; 35 -- ; 2.2 Bathing facilities for Chinese vinaya masters ; 37 -- ; 2.3 Bathing practices in Yijing's travel account ; 40 -- ; 3 A new genre develops: qing gui ; 42 -- ; 4 Concluding remarks: monks, laymen and soap ; 46 -- ; 4.1 Laymen and monks ; 47 -- ; 4.2 Bathhouses and soap ; 49 -- Notes ; 52 -- ; II Toilet Facilities ; 67 -- ; 1 Toilet practices in vinaya texts ; 67 -- ; 1.1 Pratimoksa rules on toilet practices ; 67 -- ; 1.2 Practical rules relating to how to make and use toilet facilities ; 69 -- ; 1.3 Toilet practices in vinaya texts: concluding remarks ; 73 -- ; 2 Toilet habits in Chinese vinaya commentaries and disciplinary guidelines ; 74 -- ; 2.1 Practical rules on how to make and use toilet facilities ; 74 -- ; 2.2 Toilet care for Chinese vinaya masters ; 76 -- ; 2.3 Toilet habits in Yijing's travel account ; 79 -- ; 3 A new genre develops: qing gui ; 81 -- ; 4 Concluding remarks: pigsties, paper and wiping sticks ; 84 -- ; 4.1 Toilets and toilet habits in first-millennium China ; 88 -- Notes ; 94 -- ; III Cleaning the Mouth and Teeth ; 109 -- ; 1 Dental care in the vinaya texts ; 109 -- ; 1.1 Why clean one's teeth? ; 110 -- ; 1.2 The benefits of using tooth wood ; 111 -- ; 1.3 How to make tooth wood ; 112 -- ; 1.4 How to use tooth wood ; 112 -- ; 1.5 What if tooth wood does not solve the problem? ; 113 -- ; 1.6 Are there any alternatives? ; 113 -- ; 1.7 Concluding remarks ; 114 -- ; 2 Dental care in Chinese disciplinary texts ; 114 -- ; 2.1 Great (Sutra) of Three Thousand Dignified Observances of a Monk ; 114 -- ; 2.2 Dental care as described by Chinese vinaya masters ; 116 -- ; 3 Concluding remarks: paste, brushes and tooth wood ; 119 -- ; 3.1 Oral hygiene practices in early imperial China, the yangsheng tradition ; 120 -- ; 3.2 Tools used in oral hygiene ; 123 -- Notes ; 126 -- ; IV Shaving the hair and trimming the nails ; 137 -- ; 1 Hair and nails in Buddhist disciplinary texts ; 137 -- ; 1.1 Concluding remarks ; 140 -- ; 2 Shaving and trimming in early Chinese disciplinary texts ; 141 -- ; 2.1 Shaving the hair as an identity marker ; 141 -- ; 2.2 Chinese vinaya masters: taking care of hair and nails ; 143 -- ; 3 Concluding remarks: identity, beauty and cleanliness ; 151 -- ; 3.1 Hair care in lay society ; 151 -- ; 3.2 Attitudes to nails ; 155 -- Notes ; 157
• Sommario/riassunto: "Buddhist monasteries, in both Ancient India and China, have played a crucial social role, for religious as well as for lay people. They rightfully attract the attention of many scholars, discussing historical backgrounds, institutional networks, or influential maters. Still, some aspects of monastic life have not yet received the attention they deserve. This book therefore aims to study some of the most essential, but often overlooked, issues of Buddhist life: namely, practices and objects of bodily care. For monastic authors, bodily care primarily involves bathing, washing, cleaning, shaving and triming the nails, activities of everyday life that are performed by lay people and moastics alike. In this sense, they are all highly recognizable and, while structuring monastic life, equally provide a potential bridge between two worlds that are constantly interacting with each other: monastic people and their lay followers. Bodily practices might by viewed as relatiely simple and elementary, but it is exactly through their triviality that they give us a clear insight into the structure and development of ; Buddhist monasteries. Over time, Buddhist monks and nuns have, through their painstaking effort into regulating bodily care, defined the identity of Buddhist saṃgha, overtly displaying it to the laity"--Back cover