Search Results - "Hinduism"

Children and childhood in world religions primary sources and texts /

Table of Contents: “…Bunge and John Wall -- Islam / Avner Giladi -- Hinduism / Laurie L. Patton -- Buddhism / Alan Cole -- Confucianism / Yiqun Zhou.…”
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Christianity & world religions : an introduction to the world's major faiths / by Cooper, Derek, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Hinduism : the story of diversity and devotion -- Buddhism : the story of enlightenment -- Confucianism and Daoism : the stories of order and nature -- Judaism : the story of tradition and identity -- Islam : the story of submission -- Biblical responses to other religions -- Theological responses to other religions.…”

Neighboring faiths : a Christian introduction to world religions / by Corduan, Winfried

Table of Contents: “…Religion: study and practice -- Judaism -- Islam: basics and issues -- Islam: understanding 9/11 and radical islam -- Baha'i -- Zoroastrianism -- Traditional religions: introduction and African religion -- Native American religion -- Hinduism -- Buddhism -- Jainism -- Sikhism -- Chinese popular religion -- Shinto and Japanese religions.…”
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Everyday life in Southeast Asia

Table of Contents: “…World religions in everyday life : Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity -- pt. 5. Communicating ideas : popular culture, arts, and entertainment -- pt. 6. …”
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World religions and norms of war

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Vesselin Popovski -- Religion and war / Vesselin Popovski -- Norms of war in Hinduism / Kaushik Roy -- Norms of war in Theravada Buddhism / Mahinda Deegalle -- Norms of war in Japanese religion / Robert Kisala -- Norms of war in Judaism / Jack Bemporad -- Norms of war in Roman Catholic Christianity / Gregory M. …”
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Global religions an introduction /

Table of Contents: “…Christianity / Harvey Cox -- Islam / Said Amir Arjomand -- Judaism / Harvey E. Goldberg -- Hinduism / T.N. Madan -- Buddhism / Gananath Obeyesekere -- African religion / Jacob Olupona -- Local religious societies / Juha Pentikäinen -- Religion in a global age. …”
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A comparative sociology of world religions virtuosos, priests, and popular religion / by Sharot, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…World religions, elites, and popular religion -- Religious action : a Weberian model -- Elites and masses : Max Weber, Weberian scholars, and Marxist analysis -- China : state religion, elites, and popular religion in a syncretistic milieu -- India : Brahmans, renouncers, and popular Hinduism -- Nirvana and spirits : Buddhism and animism in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia -- Hierocracy and popular religion : Catholicism in 'traditional' Europe -- Elite scholars and popular saints : a brief excursus on Islam and Judaism -- Protestants, Catholics, and the reform of popular religion -- Comparisons.…”
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Exploring the spiritualities of the world religions the quest for personal, spiritual and social transformation / by Ferguson, Duncan S. (Duncan Sheldon), 1937-

Table of Contents: “…The spiritual quest -- The spiritual pathways rooted in nature and culture -- Indigenous wisdom tradtions -- Classical expressions of culture-based religions -- Current expressions of nature/culture religion -- The spiritual pathways of transcendent monism -- Spiritual pathways within hinduism -- Spiritual pathways within buddhism -- Spiritual pathways within confucianism and taoism -- The spiritual pathways of the abrahamic monotheistic religions -- Spiritual pathways within judaism -- Spiritual pathways within christianity -- Spiritual pathways within islam -- The common elements of life-giving spiritualities -- Finding a spiritual pathway.…”
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War and peace in world religions : the Gerald Weisfeld lectures 2003 /

Table of Contents: “…War and peace in eastern religions ; War and peace in Hinduism / Michael von Brück ; War and peace in Buddhism / Perry Schmidt-Leukel ; War and peace in classical Chinese thought, with particular regard to Chinese religion / Gregor Paul -- Part II. …”

Gay and lesbian communities the world over / by Simon, Rita J. (Rita James), 1931-2013, Brooks, Alison, 1985-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Legal status of gays and lesbians -- Christianity and homosexuality -- Judaism and homosexuality -- Islam and homosexuality -- Hinduism, Buddhism, and homosexuality -- Homosexuality in ancient Greece and Rome -- Homosexuality during the middle ages -- Early africa and homosexuality -- Portrayal of gays and lesbians in the arts -- Early psychology and homosexuality -- Tearoom trade -- The mattachine society and New York city's Stonewall Inn : country studies -- Canada -- United States -- Argentina -- Brazil -- Great Britain -- France -- Germany -- Italy -- Sweden -- Hungary -- Poland -- Russia -- Israel -- Egypt -- Iran -- Nigeria -- South Africa -- India -- China -- Japan -- Australia -- Gay and lesbian adoption -- Concluding comments.…”
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Schopenhauer's encounter with Indian thought representation and will and their Indian parallels / by Cross, Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Schopenhauer in context: the "oriental renaissance" -- Schopenhauer's Indian sources: Hinduism -- Schopenhauer's Indian sources: Buddhism -- "Representation": Schopenhauer and the reality-status of the world -- The reality-status of the empirical world: the Mādhyamika teaching -- Advaita Vedānta: the world as illusory appearance -- Conclusions: Schopenhauer's doctrine of representation and its Indian affinities -- Schopenhauer's conception of the world as will -- Schopenhauer: the will in its general forms (ideas) -- Metaphysical factors behind the empirical world: Advaita Vedānta -- The arising of the empirical world in Buddhism: the Yogācāra teaching -- Conclusions: Schopenhauer's will and comparable Indian ideas -- The ontological status of will -- Beyond the will: "better consciousness" and the "pure subject of knowing" -- The hidden compass: Schopenhauer and the limits of philosophy --Schopenhauer and Indian thought.…”
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Kingship In Asia and early America : 30. International Congress of Human Sciences In Asia and North Africa /

Table of Contents: “…Santucci -- Ideas of kingship in Hinduism and Buddhism / A.L.Barsham -- The socio-economic bases of "Oriental despotism" in early India / R.S. …”
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Race, ethnicity, and the state in Malaysia and Singapore

Table of Contents: “…Nah -- Growing up Malay in Singapore / Joseph Stimpfl -- The Chinese in contemporary Malaysia / Tong Chee Kiong -- The political and economic marginalization of Tamils in Malaysia / Lian Kwen Fee -- Constructing and contesting "Singaporean Hinduism" / Vineeta Sinha -- Chinese and Malays in Singapore : incomes, education and employment, 1954-1995 / Lee Kiat Jin -- Post-independence educational change, identity and Huaxiaosheng intellectuals in Singapore : a case study of Chinese language teachers / Sai Siew Yee -- Race and racialization in Malaysia and Singapore/ Lian Kwen Fee.…”
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The challenge of the silver screen an analysis of the cinematic portraits of Jesus, Rama, Buddha and Muhammad / by Bakker, Freek L., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…The films -- Historical background -- The importance of seeing in Hinduism -- The modern Ramayana Kathas -- Buddha. The films -- Historical background -- Resistance to depicting Buddha in film -- Thanks to the Hindus and the Westerners -- Muhammad. …”
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The Place of Devotion : Siting and Experiencing Divinity in Bengal-Vaishnavism / by Sarbadhikary, Sukanya, 1983-

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Globalizing India perspectives from below /

Table of Contents: “…Balachandran and Sanjay Subrahmanyam -- In search of 'basmatisthan' : agro-nationalism and globalization / Denis Vidal -- Seeds of wrath : agriculture, biotechnology and globalization / Jackie Assayag -- Weaving for IKEA in South India : subcontracting, labour markets and gender relations in a global value chain / Geert De Neve -- Children are capital, grandchildren are interest : changing educational strategies and parenting in Calcutta's middle-class families / Henrike Donner -- Of languages, passions and interests : education, regionalism and globalization in Maharashtra, 1800-2000 / Véronique Bénéï -- Maps of audiences : Bombay films, the French territory and the making of an "oblique" market / Emmanuel Grimaud -- Malabar gods, nation-building and world culture : on perceptions of the local and the global / Gilles Tarabout -- Globalizing Hinduism : a "traditional" guru and modern businessmen in Chennai / C.J. …”
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New directions in development ethics essays in honor of Denis Goulet /

Table of Contents: “…Sterba -- The persistence of religious values and their influence on faith-based development institutions / Sheldon Gellar -- Religion and development ethics : the case of hinduism / Amitava Krishna Dutt -- Goulet on vulnerability as a key concept in development ethics / Luis Camacho -- Application -- Economics and ethics / Charles K. …”
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New Multicultural Identities in Europe : Religion and Ethnicity in Secular Societies /

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