Religious Traditions in South Asia

Interaction and Change
1. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-7007-0421-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 378 g

These studies focus on questions of religious interaction and change in India from the sixth century B.C. to the present day. They represent the work of scholars in a range of disciplines and who are resident mostly in Australia

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oddie, Geoffrey A.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Dialog & Beziehungen zwischen Religionen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Problems of the interpretation of the data pertaining to religious interaction in ancient India - the conversion stories in the Sutta Nipata, Greg Bailey; Islamization in South Asia with special reference to the Bengali-speaking region - a conceptual and historical revaluation, Asmin Roy; Millenarianism in India - the movement of Birsa Munda, Victoria Luker; the negative component of Hindu consciousness, Kenneth W. Jones; the role of science in the Hindu-Christian encounter, Lynette E.L. Thistlethwayte; the great gulf fixed - Samuel Stokes and the brotherhood of the imitation of Jesus, William Emilsen; Swami Abhisiktananda (Henri Le Saux, OSB) and Advaita - the account of a spiritual journey, Michael Comans; patience with the weak, Eric J. Sharpe; Leipzig Lutherans and the caste question in 19th-century South India, Eric J. Sharpe; vision at Velim - the meaning of a miracle in Goa, Robert S. Newman.

Über Autor(innen)

Geoffrey A. Oddie