Re-Imagining South Asian Religions: Essays in Honour of Professors Harold G. Coward and Ronald W. Neufeldt
Re-imagining South Asian Religions is a collection of essays offering new ways of understanding aspects of Hindu, Tibetan Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, Theosophical, and Indian Christian experiences.
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| Type de support: | Électronique Livre |
| Langue: | Anglais |
| Service de livraison Subito: | Commander maintenant. |
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Leiden
BRILL
2012
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| Dans: | Année: 2012 |
| Édition: | 1st ed. |
| Collection/Revue: | Numen Book Ser.
v.141 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Südasien
/ Religion
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
South Asia ; Religion
B History ; South Asia B Publication commémorative B Electronic books B Contribution <colloque> B Recueil d'articles |
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Volltext (Aggregator) |
| Édition parallèle: | Non-électronique
Erscheint auch als: 9789004242364 |
| Résumé: | Re-imagining South Asian Religions is a collection of essays offering new ways of understanding aspects of Hindu, Tibetan Buddhist, Sikh, Jain, Theosophical, and Indian Christian experiences. Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- Preface and Introduction: Re-imagining South Asian Religions -- Part I Reflections on the Field -- Traditional Sanskrit and Modern Scholarship: A Personal Journey -- A Modest Retrospective -- Part II New Orientations, Globalization, and Pedagogy -- Re-Imagining Sikhi ('Sikhness') in the Twenty-First Century: Toward a Paradigm Shift in Sikh Studies -- The Politics of Perspectivalism: Anekāntavāda as a Counter-anthropologising Strategy -- Rewriting the Hindu Traditions from Global Perspectives -- Pedagogy in the Janam-sakhis: 'Teaching Texts' Moving Past Old Categories -- Part III Performance and Memory -- Re-imagining Religious History through Women's Song Performance at the Kāmākhyā Temple Site -- Tibetan Buddhist Monastic Performance: Ritual Practice and Cultural Preservation in the Tibetan Diaspora -- 'Performance' and 'Lived Religion' Approaches as New Ways of 'Re-imagining' Sikh Studies -- Part IV History, Encounter, and Exchange -- Re-Imagining Theosophy through Canadian Art: Theosophical Influences on the Painting and Writing of Lawren Harris -- Re-imagining Hindu Beginnings in Canada -- The Indianness of Christianity: The Task of Re-imagination -- M. K. Gandhi and the Sikhs: Violence, Religious Identity, and Competing Modernities -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 9004242376 |