Author: Laurence G. ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Religions of Tibet in Practice
Author: Donald S. Lopez, Jr.Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691188173
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 435
Book Description
Originally published in 1997, Religions of Tibet in Practice is a landmark work--the first major anthology on the topic ever produced. This new edition--abridged to further facilitate course use--presents a stunning array of works that together offer an unparalleled view of the Tibetan religious landscape over the centuries. Organized thematically, the twenty-eight chapters are testimony to the vast scope of religious practice in the Tibetan world, past and present. Religions of Tibet in Practice remains a work of great value to scholars, students, and general readers.
Chinese Religion in Malaysia
Author: Chee-Beng TanPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004357874
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
Based on long-term ethnographic study, this is the first comprehensive work on the Chinese popular religion in Malaysia. It analyses temples and communities in historical and contemporary perspective, the diversity of deities and Chinese speech groups, religious specialists and temple services, the communal significance of the Hungry Ghosts Festival, the relationship between religion and philanthropy as seen through the lens of such Chinese religious organization as shantang (benevolent halls) and Dejiao (Moral Uplifting Societies), as well as the development and transformation of Taoist Religion. Highly informative, this concise book contributes to an understanding of Chinese migration and settlement, political economy and religion, religion and identity politics as well the significance of religion to both individuals and communities.
China: Promise Or Threat?
Author: Horst J. HellePublisher: Studies in Critical Social Science
ISBN: 9781608468393
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
An insightful socio-cultural analysis of the differences in Chinese and Western relationships to the public and the private spheres.
Chinese Religion
Author: Laurence G. ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Chinese Religion in Western Languages
Author: Laurence G. ThompsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : de
Pages : 360
Book Description
The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion
Author: Richard K. FennPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470998563
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
The Blackwell Companion to Sociology of Religion is presented in three comprehensive parts. Written by a range of outstanding academics, the volume explores the current status of the sociology of religion, and how it might look in future. Explores the current status of the sociology of religion, and how it might look at the beginning of the next millennium. Traces the boundaries between sociology and other closely related disciplines, such as theology and social anthropology. Edited by one of the best known and most widely respected sociologists of religion Accessibly presented in three comprehensive parts.
Religions of China
Author: Daniel E. OvermyerPublisher: Waveland Press
ISBN: 1478609893
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The guiding themes of Chinese religion as it is actually lived! This short work explains basic ideas and practices of Chinese religions in direct and simple language, with many examples and analogies for increased understanding. Its basic assumption is that religion is best understood as an aspect of everyday lifeas something that makes sense to those who practice iteven if outsiders might be puzzled at first. While Overmyers treatment focuses on traditional China before the twentieth century, many of the beliefs and practices described are still alive, at least in some Chinese communities. While the basic concern of this book is, first, to understand Chinese religions in their own right, it takes the additional step of exploring what modern students might learn from them.
Rooted in Hope: China – Religion – Christianity Vol 2
Author: Barbara HosterPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351672606
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
This Festschrift is dedicated to the former Director and Editor-in-chief of the Monumenta Serica Institute in Sankt Augustin (Germany), Roman Malek, S.V.D. in recognition of his scholarly commitment to China. The two-volume work contains 40 articles by his academic colleagues, companions in faith, confreres, as well as by the staff of the Monumenta Serica Institute and the China-Zentrum e.V. (China Center). The contributions in English, German and Chinese pay homage to the jubilarian’s diverse research interests, covering the fields of Chinese Intellectual History, History of Christianity in China, Christianity in China Today, Other Religions in China, Chinese Language and Literature as well as the Encounter of Cultures.
Tao Te Ching
Author: LaoziConfucianism as Religion
Author: Yong ChenPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004243739
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
On the Rhetoric of Defining Confucianism as a Religion tackles the perennially controversial question of whether Confucianism is a religion and proposes a holistic and contextual approach to the issue.