World religions : Eastern traditions
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World religions : Eastern traditions
Oxford University Press, c1996
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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Map on inside front cover; time line on inside back cover
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A team of scholarly authorities on religion has assembled this introduction to the religious traditions of South Asian and East Asian origin, under the editorship of Willard G. Oxtoby. Also included in this volume is a chapter on the Aboriginal traditions of Asia and the Pacific. Each chapter features the historical development of a religious tradition to the modern day and identifies issues on which adherents of the tradition have differed among themselves. Key dates, maps, extracts from primary texts, glossaries, and suggestions for further reading are provided in each chapter. Designed for both the student and the general reader, no prior background in any religious tradition is required, but the reader already acquainted with a particular tradition should gain a new sophistication even when covering familiar territory.
Table of Contents
Willard G. Oxtoby: A Personal Invitation. 1: Vasudha Narayanan: The Hindu Tradition. 2: Vasudha Narayanan: The Jain Tradition. 3: Willard G. Oxtoby: The Sikh Tradition. 4: Roy Amore and Julia Ching: The Buddhist Tradition. 5: Julia Ching: East Asian Religions. 6: Willard G. Oxtoby: Asian and Pacific Horizons. 7: Willard G. Oxtoby: The Nature of Religion. Appendix 1: Transliteration of South Asian Terms. Appendix 2: East Asian Dynastic Eras and Transliteration of Chinese Terms. Index
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