The anthropology of eastern religions : ideas, organizations, and constituencies /

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The world's "great" religions depend on traditions of serious scholarship, dedicated to preserving their key texts but also to understanding them and, therefore, to debating what understanding itself is and how best to do it. They also have important public missions of many kinds, and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leaf, Murray J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2014.
Temas:
Anthropology of religion > Asia.
Religion and sociology > Asia.
Anthropologie religieuse > Asie.
Sociologie religieuse > Asie.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Anthropology of religion
Religion
Religion and sociology
Asia > Religion.
Asie > Religion.
Asia
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
  • Related Approaches
  • "Higher" Traditions in General
  • The Theory
  • Using the Theory
  • Common Themes
  • The Order of Description
  • Further Reading
  • Notes
  • 2. Vedas and Vedanta
  • Indus Valley Ideas
  • South Asian Texts and Sects
  • Translation Issues
  • The Vedas
  • The Upanishads
  • Organizations, Personnel, and Constituency of Vedanta
  • Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Notes
  • 3. Jain and Buddhist Traditions
  • The Jain Tradition
  • The Buddhist Tradition
  • Buddhist Ethics: The Middle Way
  • Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Notes
  • 4. Hindu Traditions
  • Hinduism, Hindu Society, and Caste
  • Sikhism: Living Bhakti
  • Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Notes
  • 5. China's Main Religions
  • Taoism
  • Confucianism
  • Legalism
  • Buddhism in China
  • Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Notes
  • 6. Japan's Religious Traditions
  • Background
  • Shinto
  • Japanese Buddhist Sects
  • Zen
  • Bushido
  • Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Notes
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Religion and Social Development
  • Religion and Ethics
  • Final Thought.

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