The Anthropology Of Buddhism And Hinduism

Author : David N. Gellner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:312630990

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The Anthropology of Buddhism and Hinduism by David N. Gellner Pdf

This collection of essays both engages with Max Weber's work, and attempts to use his general approach, combined with detailed ethnography from Nepal and Japan, to attack critical questions in the anthropology and sociology of Buddhism and Hinduism.

Author : David N. Gellner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Bouddhisme
ISBN : 0195666119

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The Anthropology of Buddhism and Hinduism by David N. Gellner Pdf

With reference to Nepal.

Author : Geoffrey Samuel
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 812082752X

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Tantric Revisionings by Geoffrey Samuel Pdf

Relating to Tibetan Buddhism and Indian religion, this work is a collection of articles. These articles are linked by their subject matter, and they are also linked by a common approach to religion.

Author : H. L. Seneviratne
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857284358

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The Anthropologist and the Native by H. L. Seneviratne Pdf

This book is a collection of 20 essays by international scholars collated in honor of Gananath Obeyesekere, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, whose writings have contributed to the fields of South Asian studies and anthropology.

Author : Charles F. Keyes,E. Valentine Daniel
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1983-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0520044290

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Karma by Charles F. Keyes,E. Valentine Daniel Pdf

Author : Marie Lecomte-Tilouine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351588096

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Nature, Culture and Religion at the Crossroads of Asia by Marie Lecomte-Tilouine Pdf

This book explores how ethnic groups living in the Himalayan regions understand nature and culture. The first part addresses the opposition between nature and culture in Asia’s major religious traditions such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam and Shamanism. The second part brings together specialists of different representative groups living in the heterogeneous Himalayan region. They examine how these indigenous groups perceive their world. This includes understanding their mythic past, in particular, the place of animals and spirits in the world of humans as they see it and the role of ritual in the everyday lives of these people. The book takes into account how these various perceptions of the Himalayan peoples are shaped by a globalized world. The volume thus provides new ways of viewing the relationship between humans and their environment.

Author : Brian Morris
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0521852412

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Religion and Anthropology by Brian Morris Pdf

This important textbook provides a critical introduction to the social anthropology of religion, focusing on more recent classical ethnographies. Comprehensive, free of scholastic jargon, engaging, and comparative in approach, it covers all the major religious traditions that have been studied concretely by anthropologists - Shamanism, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Christianity and its relation to African and Melanesian religions and contemporary Neopaganism. Eschewing a thematic approach and treating religion as a social institution and not simply as an ideology or symbolic system, the book follows the dual heritage of social anthropology in combining an interpretative understanding and sociological analysis. The book will appeal to all students of anthropology, whether established scholars or initiates to the discipline, as well as to students of the social sciences and religious studies, and for all those interested in comparative religion.

Author : Subhadra Mitra Channa,Lancy Lobo
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000855876

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Religious Pluralism in India by Subhadra Mitra Channa,Lancy Lobo Pdf

This volume explores the inherent pluralism of Hinduism through ethnographic and philosophical evidence as presented in the Journal of Anthropological Society of Bombay. The essays dated 1886–1936 represent a period that marked the emergence of a European-educated native intelligentsia with a rationalist outlook. The chapters cover a wide range of topics from Tree Worship in Mohenjo Daro, the origin of the Hindu Trimurti, interpretation of Avestic and Vedic Texts, to the second set of more localized chapters that cover the Muhammadan Castes of Bengal, the Tenets and Practices of a Certain Class of Faqirs in Bengal, the Theoretical History of the Goddess Yellamma, and much more. Written during a particular historical as well as intellectual period that reflected certain key patterns – a period just following the Bengal Renaissance of the nineteenth century that ushered in the ideologies of a reformative Hinduism – this volume highlights how religions of all denominations have influenced each other and appear to have mingled beliefs and practices from multiple sources. It shows how tolerance and inclusiveness along with syncretism have been part of India’s religious and social history. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of religions, history, anthropology, sociology, political science, and sociology of religion. It will also be useful to those interested in inter-religious dialogues and civil society.

Author : Madeleine Biardeau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : PSU:000045789540

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Hinduism by Madeleine Biardeau Pdf

In This Engaging Account Of A Much-Studied Society And Culture, The Author Takes The Reader Through An Interpretation Of The Epics, Traditional Customs And Social Norms. Guarding Against Ethnocentrism, Her Narrative Digresses To Point To Parallels With The Western World.

Author : David N. Gellner,Max Weber
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015053169499

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The Anthropology of Buddhism and Hinduism by David N. Gellner,Max Weber Pdf

With reference to Nepal.

Author : Makhan Jha
Publisher : M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8175330341

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Anthropology of Ancient Hindu Kingdoms by Makhan Jha Pdf

The present volume on Anthropology of Ancient Hindu Kingdoms is based on an empirical field-work which continued for several years with gaps in between as well as the textual data collected through the library works carried out at Darbhanga, Patna, Calcutta, Ranchi, Nagpur, Raipur, Bilaspur etc. The study of the ancient Hindu Kingdoms reveals, firstly, that different Hindu Kingdoms were the seats of learning, and accelerated several cultural activities binding together the diverse faiths and traditions into one civilizational region.

Author : Gananath Obeyesekere
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1990-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226615998

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The Work of Culture by Gananath Obeyesekere Pdf

This volume is the product of two decades of field research by one of Sri Lanka's distinguished anthropological interpreters.

Author : R. S. Khare
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1992-08-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791410587

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The Eternal Food by R. S. Khare Pdf

An interdisciplinary study of the cultural meaning and uses of food in India and Sri Lanka, drawing on the abundant commentary by saints, ritualists, poets, and the divine, in both religious and literary contexts. The eight papers, some from a January 1985 conference, Food Systems and Communications Structures, in Mysore, India, focus on the long-term, wide spread significance of food, rather than on caste differences, changing diets, or a comparison between Hindu and Buddhist approaches. Includes a glossary without pronunciation. Paper edition (unseen), $17.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : John R. Bowen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317344476

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Religions in Practice by John R. Bowen Pdf

Examines religious practices from an anthropological perspective Religions in Practice, 6/e, offers an issues-oriented perspective on everyday religious behaviors – prayer, sacrifice, initiation, healing, etc. – by focusing on such topics as transnationalism, gender, and religious laws. The text examines a full spectrum of religions, from small-scale societies to major, established religions. The in-depth treatment of Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity is particularly noteworthy and easily supplemented with field projects directly related to the text.

Author : Sister Nivedita,Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy
Publisher : New York, Dover Publications
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : MINN:31951P00108232B

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Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists by Sister Nivedita,Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Pdf

Here are the most important stories of Indian mythology, taken mainly from the Mahabharata and the Ramayana, with additional tales from the purana and vedas from assorted narratives of Krishna, Buddha. and Shiva.