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Religions of South Asiaby Sushil Mittal; Gene Thursby
Taylor & Francis 2006; US$ 43.95South Asia is home to many of the world's most vibrant religious faiths. This work reveals the core principles of each faith, compares it to neighbouring traditions, and its particular place in South Asian history and society. It serves as a useful resource for all students of South Asia's diverse and fascinating faiths. more...
South Asian Religions on Displayby Knut A. Jacobsen
Taylor & Francis 2008; US$ 44.95Religious procession is a significant dimension of religion in South Asia. This volume presents current research on this important phenomenon dealing with interpretations of the role of processions, the recent increase in processions and changes in the procession traditions. more...
Casting Faithsby T. DuBois
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. 2009; US$ 95.00How did European imperialism shape the ideas and practices of religion in East and Southeast Asia? Casting Faiths brings together eleven scholars to show how Western law, governance, education and mission shaped the basic understanding of what religion is, and what role it should play in society. more...
Religious Diversity in Southeast Asia and the Pacificby Gary D. Bouma
Springer 2010; US$ 139.00Religious diversity is now a social fact in most countries of the world. While reports of the impact of religious diversity on Europe and North America are reasonably well-known, the ways in which Southeast Asia and Asia Pacific are religiously diverse and the ways this diversity has been managed are not. This book addresses this lack of information about one of the largest and most diverse regions of the world. It describes the religious diversity of 27 nations, as large and complex as Indonesia and as small as Tuvalu, outlining the current issues and the basic policy approaches to religious diversity. Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands are portrayed as a living laboratory of various religious blends, with a wide variance of histories... more...
Readings in Eastern Religionsby Harold Coward; Eva K. Neumaier; Ronald Neufeldt
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2006; US$ 85.00Developed principally for use in introductory courses in the study of religious traditions in the East, this anthology offers a selection of readings from primary texts of India, China and Japan. The selections are arranged both chronologically and thematically within religious traditions and include readings from Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism (including Tibetan Buddhism), Sikhism, Early Chinese thought, Confuciansiim, Taoism, Mao Tse Tung, Shintoism, and Japan’s new religions (Tenrikyo and Sokka Gakkai). Throughout the anthology, an effort has been made to present more than the usual short excerpts. As much as possible larger excerpts have been included to give students a better sense of significant developments within traditions.... more...
Yoga Powersby Knut A. Jacobsen
BRILL 2011; US$ 196.00The book offers a number of new insights in the history of yoga powers in the South Asian religious traditions, analyzes the position of the powers in the salvific process and in conceptions of divinity, and explores the rational explanations of the powers provided by the traditions. more...
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