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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2015
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Year: 2015, Volume: 62, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 265-300 |
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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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