Asymmetrical Religious Commitments? Religious Practice, Identity, and Self-Presentation among Western Scholars of Hinduism and Buddhism

The starting point of this article is the observation that more scholars of Buddhism seem to be engaged in Buddhist practices than their colleagues in the study of Hinduism are engaged in Hindu practices. It aims to examine this observation more closely and discuss the involved problematics in a mor...

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1. VerfasserIn: Aktor, Mikael (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2015
In: Numen
Jahr: 2015, Band: 62, Heft: 2/3, Seiten: 265-300
weitere Schlagwörter:B Buddhist scholars Hindu scholars scholar practitioners Western Buddhism Western Hinduism objectivity constructive theology Western reception of Buddhism Western reception of Hinduism
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