Jains In The World

Author : John E. Cort
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2001-03-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0198030371

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"There is no doubt that the wealth of new data and ideas offered in this exquisite book provides the deepest insights yet into the contemporary religious world of Jain laity. It will serve for some time as a paradigmatic monograph for future empirical studies of Jain religious life." --Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies "Jains in the World is a significant and welcome ethnography of contemporary Jains in western India by the most prominent scholar of Jainism in North America. This book is a must for scholars of South Asian religions and will provide scholars of Hindu traditions fine grounding both in a central dialectic of Jain thought and in contemporary Jain praxis." --International Journal of Hindu Studies "A valuable addition to the literature on Jainism as a living faith. Since it has the additional merits of being clearly written, attractively illustrated, and free of unnecessary theoretical baggage, it should serve as a good introduction to this tradition for college students." --Journal of the American Oriental Society "A must-read for understanding, by and large, the ritual world of the Jains. He has succeeded in proving that the concept of well-being is as central to the Jains' moral universe as their more entrenched pursuit of the goal of liberation of soul from karmic bondage."--History of Religions "An essential read for students and scholars of Jainism. . . . it identifies and defines a realm of value in Jainism strongly alluded to by recent scholarship, but which, until now, had not been explicitly stated. For this reason Jains in the World will doubtless prove to be a fundamental turning point in the development of Jaina studies."-- The Journal of Religion This book presents a detailed fieldwork-based study of the ancient Indian religion of Jainism. Drawing on field research in northern Gujarat and on the study of both ancient Sanskrit and Prakrit and modern vernacular Jain religious literature, John Cort provides a rounded portrait of the religion as it is practiced today.

Author : Manisha Sethi
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000365788

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Escaping the World by Manisha Sethi Pdf

The book attends to a historical question — how to account for the high numbers of renouncers (sadhvis) mentioned in medieval and ancient texts — which has been acknowledged and raised, but left unaddressed within Jain studies. It does so through ethnographic data gathered through extensive fieldwork among the sadhvis in Delhi and Jaipur. The volume foregrounds the primacy of ‘choice’ and ‘agency’— upheld by the nuns themselves, who associate asceticism with autonomy, freedom, joy, spiritual well-being, self-worth and peace, and grihastha (household) with loss of independence, fettered existence, degradation, burdensome familial obligations and social responsibilities. It also examines whether it may be apt to term Jain nuns as practitioners of an ‘indigenous mode of feminism’. The book challenges the existing sociological theories of renunciation and tests the feminist concepts of agency and autonomy by investigating the culturally coded roles ascribed to women in Jainism, which are variegated, and examines how a fractured discourse and reality is resolved in the subjectivities and identities of female ascetics. The very legitimacy of the institution of female asceticism, and the way in which the society (samaj) upholds and sustains it, renders female asceticism into a socially approved alternative institution — albeit one that allows Jain nuns to create spaces of relative and autonomy and even prestige for themselves.

Author : Paul Dundas
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Jainism
ISBN : 041526605X

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The Jains by Paul Dundas Pdf

"This revised and expanded edition takes account of new research into Jainism as carried out over the last ten years."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Natubhai Shah
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publishe
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8120819381

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Jainism by Natubhai Shah Pdf

Author : Paul Dundas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134501656

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The Jains by Paul Dundas Pdf

The Indian religion of Jainism, whose central tenet involves non-violence to all creatures, is one of the world's oldest and least-understood faiths. Dundas looks at Jainism in its social and doctrinal context, explaining its history, sects, scriptures and ritual, and describing how the Jains have, over 2500 years, defined themselves as a unique religious community. This revised and expanded edition takes account of new research into Jainism.

Author : Jeffery D. Long
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009-07-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781845116255

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Jainism by Jeffery D. Long Pdf

In his treatment of the Jain religion, Long makes an ancient tradition fully intelligible to the modern reader. He traces the history of the Jain community from founding sage Mahavira to the present day.

Author : Helmuth von Glasenapp
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8120813766

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Jainism by Helmuth von Glasenapp Pdf

The present book is one of the best and stimulating books ever written by scholars on Jainism. A glance at its contents will reveal the fact that Glasenapp has covered almost all the salient features of Jainism. The book is divided into

Author : Pierre Paul Amiel,S. P. Pandey,Sāgaramala Jaina
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Jainism
ISBN : LCCN:2008319460

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Jains Today in the World by Pierre Paul Amiel,S. P. Pandey,Sāgaramala Jaina Pdf

Author : Sāgaramala Jaina,Śrīprakāśa Pāṇḍeya
Publisher : Parsvanatha Vidyapitha
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015042960768

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Jainism in a Global Perspective by Sāgaramala Jaina,Śrīprakāśa Pāṇḍeya Pdf

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Author : Peter B. Clarke,Peter Beyer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-07
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781135211004

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The World's Religions by Peter B. Clarke,Peter Beyer Pdf

This comprehensive volume focuses on the world's religions and the changes they have undergone as they become more global and diverse in form. It explores the religions of the world not only in the regions with which they have been historically associated, but also looks at the new cultural and religious contexts in which they are developing. It considers the role of migration in the spread of religions by examining the issues raised for modern societies by the increasing interaction of different religions. The volume also addresses such central questions as the dynamics of religious innovation which is evidenced in the rise and impact of new religious and new spirituality movements in every continent.

Author : John E. Cort
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 079143785X

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Open Boundaries by John E. Cort Pdf

Open Boundaries provides a new perspective on Jainism, one of the oldest yet least-studied of the world's living religions. Ten closely-focused studies investigate the interactions between Jains and non-Jains in South Asian society, with detailed studies of yoga, tantra, aesthetic theory, erotic poetry, theories of kingship, goddess worship, temple ritual, polemical poetry, religious women, and historiography. Viewing the Jains within a South Asian context results in a strikingly different portrait from the standard models represented in both traditional Western and Indian scholarship.

Author : John E. Cort
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Jainism
ISBN : 1134501617

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Jains in the World by John E. Cort Pdf

Based on field research in northern Gujarat as well as on the study of both ancient Sanskrit and modern vernacular religious literature, John Cort gives a rounded portrait of how the religion of Jainism is practised today.

Author : Thomas A. Robinson,Hillary P. Rodrigues
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441219725

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World Religions by Thomas A. Robinson,Hillary P. Rodrigues Pdf

This masterful survey of world religions presents a clear and concise portrait of the history, beliefs, and practices of Eastern and Western religions. The new edition contains added material and has been revised throughout. The authors, both respected scholars of world religions, have over fifty years of combined teaching experience. Their book is accessibly written for introductory classes, can be easily adapted for one- or two-semester courses, and presents a neutral approach for broad classroom use. Pedagogical aids include further reading suggestions, photographs, sidebars, and pronunciation guides. An 800-question bank of multiple-choice test questions is available to professors through Baker Academic's Textbook eSources.

Author : Paul Dundas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134501663

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The Jains by Paul Dundas Pdf

The Indian religion of Jainism, is one of the world's oldest and least-understood faiths. This revised and expanded edition takes account of new research into Jainism.

Author : William H. Brackney,Rupen Das
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781440844461

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Poverty and the Poor in the World's Religious Traditions by William H. Brackney,Rupen Das Pdf

This detailed book is a resource for students, practitioners, and leaders interested in how the major world religions have understood poverty and responded to the poor. Poverty is a universal phenomenon across history, regardless of country or culture. Today, the demographics of the poor are on the rise globally: it is a critical issue. Religious traditions are another universal aspect of human societies, and nearly all religions include directives on how to respond to the poor and systemic poverty. How do the various religious traditions conceptualize poverty, and what do they view as the proper response to the poor? Poverty and the Poor in the World's Religious Traditions: Religious Responses to the Problem of Poverty brings together specialists on the religions of the world and their diverse viewpoints to identify how different religious traditions interact with poverty and being poor. It also contains excerpts of religious texts that readers can use as primary documents to illustrate themes such as identifying the poor, religious reasons for being poor, and responses (like charity and development) to the existence of poverty. This book serves as a powerful resource for students of subjects like international development, missiology, comparative religion, theology, social ethics, economics, and organizational leadership as well as for any socially concerned clergy of various faiths.