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This book aims to explore the life of Yi Won-young, an outstanding Confucian scholar from Andong, in South Korea. Andong is known as the home of Neo-Confucianism, as in this region Western Christianity took root amidst the impeccable and ritualistic Confucian society...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-17
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This fascinating volume consists of articles by world-renowned scholars of Zoroastrian, Iranian, Parsi, and Jewish studies. The topics covered range from the prophet Zarathushtra (Zoroaster) and the ancient Indo-Iranians to the modern Zoroastrians and Jews of Iran and...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2013-04-11
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This comprehensive volume brings together a distinguished editorial team, including some of the field’s pioneers, to explore the aims, practice, and historical context of interfaith collaboration. Explores in full the background, history, objectives, and discourse...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-03-13
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Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
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James McHugh offers the first comprehensive examination of the concepts and practices related to smell in pre-modern India. Drawing on a wide range of textual sources, from poetry to medical texts, he shows the significant religious and cultural role of smell in India...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-10-16
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What turns the continuous flow of experience into perceptually distinct objects? Can our verbal descriptions unambiguously capture what it is like to see, hear, or feel? How might we reason about the testimony that perception alone discloses? Christian Coseru proposes a...
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Oxford University Press
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2012-08-31
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New Essays in Chinese Philosophy explores various facets of Chinese thought which have received dynamic and creative scholarly attention in the recent past. It argues that Chinese culture is not «logic-less». The Confucian perception of moral sense and of reason can be...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2012-08-29
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Krankheit und Sterben bilden die allgemeinsten und zugleich verbindlichsten Tatsachen des menschlichen Lebens. Vor dem Hintergrund eines Befundes der Todesverdrängung der Moderne rückt dieser Sammelband die menschliche Versehrbarkeit und Sterblichkeit ins Zentrum und...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-08-17
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Scholars of Daoism in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) have paid particular attention to the interaction between the court and certain Daoist priests and to the political results of such interaction; the focus has been on either emperors or Daoist masters. Yet in the Ming...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-07-16
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The lectures collected for this book focus on transpersonal expression – heightened states of feeling, emotion, and deeper regions of the psyche, from the Paleolithic (so-called rock art), to the medieval (Solomon Ibn Gabirol), to the modern (Rilke), and postmodern...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2012-07-11
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In this illuminating study of a vital but long overlooked aspect of Chinese religious life, Jimmy Yu reveals that in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, self-inflicted violence was an essential and sanctioned part of Chinese culture. He examines a wide range of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2012-04-27
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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to African Religions brings together a team of international scholars to create a single-volume resource on the religious beliefs and practices of the peoples in Africa. Offers broad coverage of issues relating to African religions,...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-03-12
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Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
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Comprising the most up-to-date, interdisciplinary research on the study of Chinese religious beliefs and cultural practices, this volume explores the rich and complex religious and philosophical traditions that have developed and flourished in one of the world's oldest...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-03-12
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Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion
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Fr Pierre Johanns is a key figure in the history of Christian intellectual engagement with Hindu philosophy. He was the most articulate figure in a group of Belgian Jesuits in Calcutta who sought to develop the theological project initiated by Brahmabandhab Upadhyay, a...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-01-04
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UNMASKING BUDDHISM Can we talk of Buddhism as a unified religion or are there many Buddhisms? Is Buddhism a religion of tolerance and pacifism as many people think? Is Buddhism a religion without god(s)? Or is it more of a philosophy than a religion? Renowned Buddhist...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-09-13
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This accessible guide to the development of Japan’s indigenous religion from ancient times to the present day offers an illuminating introduction to the myths, sites and rituals of kami worship, and their role in Shinto’s enduring religious identity. Offers a unique...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-09-13
Collection :
Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion
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Written by a team of internationally renowned scholars, this volume provides an in-depth introduction to religion in contemporary China. Instead of adopting the traditional focus on pre-modern religious history and doctrinal traditions, Chinese Religious Life examines...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2011-09-13
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Drawing upon the author’s three decades of work in comparative theology, this is a pertinent and comprehensive introduction to the field, which offers a clear guide to the reader, enabling them to engage in comparative study. The author has three decades of experience...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-09-09
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