Deus in machina [[electronic resource] ] : religion, technology, and the things in between / / edited by Jeremy Stolow |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Fordham University Press, 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 354 p. ) : ill. ; |
Disciplina | 201/.66 |
Altri autori (Persone) | StolowJeremy <1965-> |
Soggetto topico |
Technology - Religious aspects
Medicine - Religious aspects Religion and science |
Soggetto non controllato |
comparative religions
cross-cultural perspective history of technology philosophy of technology religion and biopower religion science in cultural context science technology |
ISBN |
0-8232-4981-6
0-8232-5248-5 0-8232-5024-5 0-8232-4983-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Religion, technology, and the things in between / Jeremy Stolow -- Calendar, clock, tower / John Durham Peters -- Beating clock, oscillating string : vibrating time-sense between religion and Machine / Wolfgang Ernst -- The electric touch machine miracle scam : body, technology, and the (dis)authentication of the pentecostal supernatural / Marleen de Witte -- The spiritual nervous system : reflections on a magnetic cord designed for spirit communication / Jeremy Stolow -- An empowered world : Buddhist medicine and the potency of prayer in Japan / Jason Ānanda Josephson -- Does submission to God's will preclude biotechnological intervention? -- Lessons from Muslim dialysis patients in contemporary Egypt / Sherine F. Hamdy -- The canary in the Gemeinschaft? disability, film, and the Jewish question / Faye Ginsburg -- Thinking about Melville, religion, and machines that think / John Lardas Modern -- Amazing stories : how science fiction sacralizes the secular / Peter Pels -- Virtual vodou, actual practice : transfiguring the technological / Alexandra Boutros -- TV St. Claire / Maria José A. de Abreu. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790678203321 |
New York, : Fordham University Press, 2013 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Goddesses and the divine feminine : a Western religious history / / Rosemary Radford Ruether |
Autore | Ruether Rosemary Radford |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (392 pages) |
Disciplina | 202/.114 |
Soggetto topico |
Goddesses
Women and religion Goddess religion |
Soggetto non controllato |
ancient matriarchy
aztec religions babylonia christianity comparative religions deity divine feminine egypt female mysticism feminine divinity femininity feminist ecological spirituality gender studies goddess movements goddesses judaism mariology matriarchal structures medieval catholicism medieval religious literature myths and rituals religion sacred female imagery sacred feminine spiritual sumerian western civilization western culture western religions |
ISBN |
0-520-94041-5
9786612358807 1-282-35880-4 1-59875-530-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Gender and the problem of prehistory -- Goddesses and world renewal in the ancient mediterranean -- The Hebrew God and gender -- Savior goddesses in the mystery religions and gnosticism -- The spiritual feminine in New Testament and patristic Christianity -- Feminine symbols in medieval religious literature -- Tonantzin-Guadalupe : the meeting of Aztec and Christian female symbols in Mexico -- Mary and wisdom in protestant mystical millennialism -- Contested gender status and imagining ancient matriarchy -- The return of the goddess. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783319103321 |
Ruether Rosemary Radford | ||
Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The sinister way [[electronic resource] ] : the divine and the demonic in Chinese religious culture / / Richard von Glahn |
Autore | Von Glahn Richard |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA, : University of California Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (401 p.) |
Disciplina |
299.5/1121
299.51121 |
Soggetto topico | Demonology - China - History |
Soggetto non controllato |
afterlife
ancestors ancient china china chinese history chinese jia jiao chinese religion christianity comparative religions cult death deity demon demonic demonology demons divine power divinity folk belief folk religion folklore ghosts goblins god of wealth gods greed han cult imperial china lust nonfiction popular religion possession religion religious culture salvific religion shanxiao sin spirit of the dead spirituality supernatural vernacular religion vice wutong cult wutong |
ISBN |
9786612356834
0-520-92877-6 1-282-35683-6 1-59734-901-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Ancestors, ghosts, and Gods in ancient China -- The Han cult of the dead and salvific religion -- Shanxiao: mountain goblins -- Plague demons and epidemic Gods -- The song transformation of Chinese religious culture -- Wutong: from demon to deity -- The enchantment of wealth. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782929103321 |
Von Glahn Richard | ||
Berkeley, CA, : University of California Press, 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Westward dharma : Buddhism beyond Asia / / editors, Charles S. Prebish, Martin Baumann |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 425 pages) |
Disciplina | 294.3/09 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PrebishCharles S
BaumannMartin <1960-> |
Soggetto topico |
Buddhism - Missions - History
Buddhism - History - 20th century Globalization - Religious aspects - Buddhism |
Soggetto non controllato |
asia
australia buddhism scholars buddhism buddhist practices buddhist studies buddhist teachings buddhist traditions comparative religions dharma diaspora egalitarianism ethics europe global religion history of buddhism israel north america psychology religious philosophy religious scholars south africa theoretical approach theoretical perspective western buddhists western philosophy western thought western world zen |
ISBN |
1-282-35959-2
1-59734-994-1 9786612359590 0-520-93658-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Introduction: Paying Homage to the Buddha in the West -- 1. Who Is a Buddhist? Night-Stand Buddhists and Other Creatures -- 2. The Spectrum of Buddhist Practice in the West -- 3. Protective Amulets and Awareness Techniques, or How to Make Sense of Buddhism in the West -- 4. Studying the Spread and Histories of Buddhism in the West The Emergence of Western Buddhism as a New Subdiscipline within Buddhist Studies -- 5. Buddhism in Europe Past, Present, Prospects -- 6. American Buddhism in the Making -- 7. Buddhism in Canada -- 8. The Development of Buddhism in Australia and New Zealand -- 9. Buddhism in South Africa -- 10. Buddhism in Brazil and Its Impact on the Larger Brazilian Society -- 11 Buddha in the Promised Land Outlines of the Buddhist Settlement in Israel -- 12. Camp Dharma: Japanese-American Buddhist Identity and the Internment Experience of World War II -- 13. The Translating Temple Diasporic Buddhism in Florida -- 15 Scandals in Emerging Western Buddhism -- 16. The Challenge of Community -- 17. Buddhist Nuns Changes and Challenges -- 18. Neither Monk nor Nun Western Buddhists as Full-Time Practitioners -- 19. Virtues without Rules Ethics in the Insight Meditation Movement -- 20. The Roar of the Lioness Women's Dharma in the West -- 21. Engaged Buddhism Agnosticism, Interdependence, Globalization -- 22. The Encounter of Buddhism and Psychology -- 23. A "Commodius Vicus of Recirculation" Buddhism, Art, and Modernity -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783294103321 |
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Westward dharma : Buddhism beyond Asia / / editors, Charles S. Prebish, Martin Baumann |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 425 pages) |
Disciplina | 294.3/09 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
PrebishCharles S
BaumannMartin <1960-> |
Soggetto topico |
Buddhism - Missions - History
Buddhism - History - 20th century Globalization - Religious aspects - Buddhism |
Soggetto non controllato |
asia
australia buddhism scholars buddhism buddhist practices buddhist studies buddhist teachings buddhist traditions comparative religions dharma diaspora egalitarianism ethics europe global religion history of buddhism israel north america psychology religious philosophy religious scholars south africa theoretical approach theoretical perspective western buddhists western philosophy western thought western world zen |
ISBN |
1-282-35959-2
1-59734-994-1 9786612359590 0-520-93658-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Tables -- Introduction: Paying Homage to the Buddha in the West -- 1. Who Is a Buddhist? Night-Stand Buddhists and Other Creatures -- 2. The Spectrum of Buddhist Practice in the West -- 3. Protective Amulets and Awareness Techniques, or How to Make Sense of Buddhism in the West -- 4. Studying the Spread and Histories of Buddhism in the West The Emergence of Western Buddhism as a New Subdiscipline within Buddhist Studies -- 5. Buddhism in Europe Past, Present, Prospects -- 6. American Buddhism in the Making -- 7. Buddhism in Canada -- 8. The Development of Buddhism in Australia and New Zealand -- 9. Buddhism in South Africa -- 10. Buddhism in Brazil and Its Impact on the Larger Brazilian Society -- 11 Buddha in the Promised Land Outlines of the Buddhist Settlement in Israel -- 12. Camp Dharma: Japanese-American Buddhist Identity and the Internment Experience of World War II -- 13. The Translating Temple Diasporic Buddhism in Florida -- 15 Scandals in Emerging Western Buddhism -- 16. The Challenge of Community -- 17. Buddhist Nuns Changes and Challenges -- 18. Neither Monk nor Nun Western Buddhists as Full-Time Practitioners -- 19. Virtues without Rules Ethics in the Insight Meditation Movement -- 20. The Roar of the Lioness Women's Dharma in the West -- 21. Engaged Buddhism Agnosticism, Interdependence, Globalization -- 22. The Encounter of Buddhism and Psychology -- 23. A "Commodius Vicus of Recirculation" Buddhism, Art, and Modernity -- Selected Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248056603316 |
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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