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Asian Religions A Cultural Perspective.
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newark :
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
2014.
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| Colección: | New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Part I: Introductory Material
- 1: Religion
- "Religion" and the Religions
- 2: Language
- Part II: The Confucian Tradition
- 3: Defining "Religion"
- The Confucian Response
- Confucian Cultures in East Asia
- The Confucian Program
- 4: The Religious Dimensions of Confucianism
- 5: The Self as a Center of Relationships
- Lasting Relationships
- The five relationships are hierarchical from top to bottom
- The five relationships are hierarchical from left to right
- 6: Learning to Be Human
- Persistence of Filial Piety as an Abiding Cultural Value, though under Threat from New Family Models, Declining Marriage and Birth Rates, and Economic Changes
- Self-Sacrifice for the Benefit of Others and the Rejection of Western Individualism, Privacy, and Self-Interest: An Ethic of Conformity
- Public Support for the Arts and Civil Religion
- Hospitality, Social Grace, Emphasis on Social Identity
- Confucian Fundamentalism and the "National Studies Craze"
- Part III: The Taoist Tradition
- 8: What Is Taoism?
- Philosophical Taoism
- Yin-Yang Cosmology
- 9: Philosophical Taoism
- Taoist Long Life and Immortality
- Survey 2 Principles of Philosophical and Religious Taoism
- 13: Taoism as a Global Religious Phenomenon
- Taoism as a World Religion
- Part IV: The Hindu Tradition
- 14: What Is Hinduism?
- The Three Margas
- The Bhagavad Gita
- The Three Margas as Religious Discipline (Yoga)
- 15: Karma-marga
- Action and Its Consequences
- Varna-āśrama-dharma
- Karma-marga
- 16: Jñāna-marga
- The puruārthas
- Moksha as Unity with Brahman
- 17: Bhakti-marga
- Krishna: Knowing Brahman in Human Form
- Shiva: Knowing Brahman through Mystical Union