The anthropology of Eastern religions : ideas, organizations, and constituencies / / Murray J. Leaf |
Autore | Leaf Murray J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.6095 |
Soggetto topico |
Anthropology of religion - Asia
Religion and sociology - Asia |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-7391-9241-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464574203321 |
Leaf Murray J. | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The anthropology of Eastern religions : ideas, organizations, and constituencies / / Murray J. Leaf |
Autore | Leaf Murray J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.6095 |
Soggetto topico |
Anthropology of religion - Asia
Religion and sociology - Asia |
ISBN | 0-7391-9241-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786406503321 |
Leaf Murray J. | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The anthropology of Eastern religions : ideas, organizations, and constituencies / / Murray J. Leaf |
Autore | Leaf Murray J. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.6095 |
Soggetto topico |
Anthropology of religion - Asia
Religion and sociology - Asia |
ISBN | 0-7391-9241-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826452403321 |
Leaf Murray J. | ||
Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Asian religions : a cultural perspective / / Randall L Nadeau |
Autore | Nadeau Randall Laird <1956-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, Massachusetts : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
Disciplina | 200.95 |
Soggetto topico | Religions |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-118-47195-4
1-118-47193-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Part I: Introductory Material; 1: Religion; "Religion" and the Religions; 2: Language; Part II: The Confucian Tradition; 3: Defining "Religion"; The Confucian Response; Confucian Cultures in East Asia; The Confucian Program; 4: The Religious Dimensions of Confucianism; 5: The Self as a Center of Relationships; Lasting Relationships; The five relationships are hierarchical from top to bottom; The five relationships are hierarchical from left to right; 6: Learning to Be Human
Survey 1 The Confucian Values of Li (禮) and Ren (仁)7: The Lasting Influence of Confucianism in Modern East Asia; Education as a Primary Indicator of Social Status and Achievement; The Reluctance to Adopt Democratic Institutions, an Uncritical Acceptance of Political Authority, Conservatism in Politics and Economics; Filial Piety, Active Participation of Parents in Children's Affairs, Support of Parents in Old Age, Strong Extended Family Identity Persistence of Filial Piety as an Abiding Cultural Value, though under Threat from New Family Models, Declining Marriage and Birth Rates, and Economic Changes Self-Sacrifice for the Benefit of Others and the Rejection of Western Individualism, Privacy, and Self-Interest: An Ethic of Conformity; Public Support for the Arts and Civil Religion; Hospitality, Social Grace, Emphasis on Social Identity; Confucian Fundamentalism and the "National Studies Craze"; Part III: The Taoist Tradition; 8: What Is Taoism?; Philosophical Taoism; Yin-Yang Cosmology; 9: Philosophical Taoism Major Themes of Philosophical Taoism Anti-Confucianism; Uselessness (wuyong, 無用); Naturalness and spontaneity (ziran, 自然); Non-action (wuwei, 無為); Intuition; Transmutability (hua 化); The "Uncarved Block" (pu, 樸); 10: Temporal Dimensions of Yin-Yang Cosmology; The Beginning of Time; The Ritual Calendar; 11: Spatial Dimensions of Yin-Yang Cosmology; Fengshui; Chinese "Elemental" Theory; Spatial Dimensions of Liturgical Taoism; 12: Personal Dimensions of Yin-Yang Cosmology; The Self as a Psychosomatic Whole; Yin-Yang Souls and Spirits; Taoist Long Life and Immortality Survey 2 Principles of Philosophical and Religious Taoism 13: Taoism as a Global Religious Phenomenon; Taoism as a World Religion; Part IV: The Hindu Tradition; 14: What Is Hinduism?; The Three Margas; The Bhagavad Gita; The Three Margas as Religious Discipline (Yoga); 15: Karma-marga; Action and Its Consequences; Varna-āśrama-dharma; Karma-marga; 16: Jñāna-marga; The puruārthas; Moksha as Unity with Brahman; 17: Bhakti-marga; Krishna: Knowing Brahman in Human Form; Shiva: Knowing Brahman through Mystical Union; Survey 3 Religious Attitudes Based on Hindu Worldviews 18: Hinduism in the Modern World |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464504403321 |
Nadeau Randall Laird <1956-> | ||
Malden, Massachusetts : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Asian religions : a cultural perspective / / Randall L Nadeau |
Autore | Nadeau Randall Laird <1956-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, Massachusetts : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 pages) |
Disciplina | 200.95 |
Soggetto topico | Religions |
ISBN |
9781118471937
1118471938 |
Classificazione |
162.2
200.95 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795961603321 |
Nadeau Randall Laird <1956-> | ||
Malden, Massachusetts : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Asian religions : a cultural perspective / / Randall L Nadeau |
Autore | Nadeau Randall Laird <1956-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Malden, Massachusetts : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 pages) |
Disciplina | 200.95 |
Soggetto topico | Religions |
ISBN |
9781118471937
1118471938 |
Classificazione |
162.2
200.95 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819761303321 |
Nadeau Randall Laird <1956-> | ||
Malden, Massachusetts : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road [[electronic resource] /] / Johan Elverskog |
Autore | Elverskog Johan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 294.3/35095 |
Collana | Encounters with Asia |
Soggetto topico |
Islam - Relations - Buddhism
Buddhism - Relations - Islam Islam - Silk Road - History Buddhism - Silk Road - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-8122-2259-8
1-283-89741-5 0-8122-0531-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE Contact -- CHAPTER TWO Understanding -- CHAPTER THREE Idolatry -- CHAPTER FOUR Jihad -- CHAPTER FIVE Halal -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Index -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464128603321 |
Elverskog Johan | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road [[electronic resource] /] / Johan Elverskog |
Autore | Elverskog Johan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 294.3/35095 |
Collana | Encounters with Asia |
Soggetto topico |
Islam - Relations - Buddhism
Buddhism - Relations - Islam Islam - Silk Road - History Buddhism - Silk Road - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
Asian Studies History Middle Eastern Studies Religion Religious Studies |
ISBN |
0-8122-2259-8
1-283-89741-5 0-8122-0531-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE Contact -- CHAPTER TWO Understanding -- CHAPTER THREE Idolatry -- CHAPTER FOUR Jihad -- CHAPTER FIVE Halal -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Index -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788372103321 |
Elverskog Johan | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road / / Johan Elverskog |
Autore | Elverskog Johan |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 294.3/35095 |
Collana | Encounters with Asia |
Soggetto topico |
Islam - Relations - Buddhism
Buddhism - Relations - Islam Islam - Silk Road - History Buddhism - Silk Road - History |
ISBN |
0-8122-2259-8
1-283-89741-5 0-8122-0531-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE Contact -- CHAPTER TWO Understanding -- CHAPTER THREE Idolatry -- CHAPTER FOUR Jihad -- CHAPTER FIVE Halal -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- Index -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812018703321 |
Elverskog Johan | ||
Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Constructing irregular theology [[electronic resource] ] : bamboo and Minjung in East Asian perspective / / by Paul S. Chung |
Autore | Chung Paul S. <1958-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (236 p.) |
Disciplina | 230.095 |
Collana | Studies in systematic theology |
Soggetto topico |
Christianity and other religions
Theology - Asia Philosophy, Asian |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-60167-9
9786612601675 90-474-4449-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Asian irregular theology : inculturation and emancipation -- Justification and self-cultivation : Christian faith and Buddhist enlightenment -- God and the mysterious place of the world : Judeo-Christian narrative in engagement with mystery of Tao -- God the Trinity : an interfaith reframing of the trinity with an Asian face -- Christian mission: Matteo Ricci and his legacy for Christian-Confucian renewal -- Religious pluralism : Asian Christianity and life horizon of world religions -- God and evolution : God and Sunyata in an evolutionary context -- The future of irregular theology in East Asia : Asian contextual theology : past, present, and future. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459649903321 |
Chung Paul S. <1958-> | ||
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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