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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Auteur principal: Aktor, Mikael (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Brill 2015
Dans: Numen
Année: 2015, Volume: 62, Numéro: 2/3, Pages: 265-300
Sujets non-standardisés: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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