Theories of the Self, Race, and Essentialization in Buddhism

Ryan Anningson

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• This book analyzes Buddhist discussions of the Aryan myth and scientific racism and the ways in which this conversation reshaped Buddhism in the Unite... Lees meer

Christianity and the State in Asia

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy | nr. 4
• Christianity is one of the most rapidly growing religions in Asia. Despite the challenges of political marginalisation, church organisations throughou... Lees meer

Vegetarianism and Animal Ethics in Contemporary Buddhism

James Stewart

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• Buddhism is widely known to advocate a stance of total pacifism towards all sentient beings, and because of this, it is often thought that Buddhist do... Lees meer

Christianity in Northeast India

Chongpongmeren Jamir

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• This book examines the distinctive formation of Christianity in Nagaland, Northeast India, since 1947. It argues that an understanding of the history ... Lees meer

Sūtras, Stories and Yoga Philosophy

Daniel Raveh

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• This book presents a close reading of four Indian narratives from different time periods (epic, Upaniṣadic, pre-modern and contemporary): Ekalavya's s... Lees meer

The Confucian Philosophy of Harmony

Chenyang Li

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• Harmony is a concept essential to Confucianism and to the way of life of past and present people in East Asia. Integrating methods of textual exegesis... Lees meer

Japanese Religions and Globalization

Ugo Dessì

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• This book analyzes the variety of ways through which Japanese religions (Buddhism, Shintō, and new religious movements) contribute to the dynamics of ... Lees meer

An Introduction to Daoist Thought

Eske Møllgaard

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy | nr. 2
• This is the first work available in English which addresses Zhuangzi's thought as a whole. It presents an interpretation of the Zhuangzi, a book in th... Lees meer

Indian Philosophy and Meditation

Rahul Banerjee, Amita Chatterjee

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• India has a rich tradition of meditative practices designed to study the phenomenon of consciousness. From the distant past to the present, India has ... Lees meer

Asian Religions, Technology and Science

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• Over the past five decades, the field of religion-and-science scholarship has experienced a considerable expansion. This volume explores the historica... Lees meer

Buddhist Perspectives on Free Will

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• Throughout the history of Buddhism, little has been said prior to the Twentieth Century that explicitly raises the question whether we have free will,... Lees meer

Asian Religions, Technology and Science

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• Over the past five decades, the field of religion-and-science scholarship has experienced a considerable expansion. This volume explores the historica... Lees meer

Postcolonial Resistance and Asian Theology

Simon Kwan

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• Presenting a fundamental re-thinking of Asian theology, this book focuses on theological indigenization in Asia in light of the postcolonial theory of... Lees meer

Islam and Cultural Change in Papua New Guinea

Scott Flower

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• Scholars of religion and policy makers may be surprised at the changes occurring on the second largest island of the world that straddles one of the m... Lees meer

Sūtras, Stories and Yoga Philosophy

Daniel Raveh

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• This book presents a close reading of four Indian narratives from different time periods (epic, Upaniṣadic, pre-modern and contemporary): Ekalavya's s... Lees meer

The Goddess in Hindu-Tantric Traditions

Anway Mukhopadhyay

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• The Great Goddess, in her various puranic and tantric forms, is often figured as sitting on a corpse which is identified as Shiva-as-shava (God Shiva,... Lees meer

'Yogini' in South Asia

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• In different stages in the history of South Asian religions, the term yoginī has been used in various contexts to designate various things: a female a... Lees meer

Buddhist Perspectives on Free Will

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• Throughout the history of Buddhism, little has been said prior to the Twentieth Century that explicitly raises the question whether we have free will,... Lees meer

Deconstruction and the Ethical in Asian Thought

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• The striking parallels between Derrida's deconstruction and certain strategies eschewing oppositional hierarchies in Asian thought, especially in Budd... Lees meer

Objects of Worship in South Asian Religions

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• Objects of worship are an aspect of the material dimension of lived religion in South Asia. The omnipresence of these objects and their use is a theme... Lees meer

The Buddha and Religious Diversity

J Abraham Velez de Cea

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• Providing a rigorous analysis of Buddhist ways of understanding religious diversity, this book develops a new foundation for cross-cultural understand... Lees meer

The Goddess in Hindu-Tantric Traditions

Anway Mukhopadhyay

• Hardcover | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• The Great Goddess, in her various puranic and tantric forms, is often figured as sitting on a corpse which is identified as Shiva-as-shava (God Shiva,... Lees meer

Chinese Theology and Translation

Sophie Ling-Chia Wei

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• This book uncovers the Jesuits' mystic theological interpretation in the translation of the Book of Changes (the Yijing ) in their mission in China. T... Lees meer

Disease, Religion and Healing in Asia

• Paperback | Engels | Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
• Recent academic and medical initiatives have highlighted the benefits of studying culturally embedded healing traditions that incorporate religious an... Lees meer