Reflections in the mirror of religion
著者
書誌事項
Reflections in the mirror of religion
（Library of philosophy and religion）
Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, c1997
- : Macmillan
- : St. Martin
大学図書館所蔵 全5件
注記
Includes bibliographical references and index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
The essays selected for this volume represent Professor Ninian Smart's most contemporary reflections on major issues the field of religious studies. Beginning with investigations into the possibility of a science of religion, Professor Smart then goes on to consider how a sociology of religious knowledge can be developed, focusing in particular on Asian cultures and traditions. Finally he analyses the growth of religious studies as an academic field, a field his own work has helped to shape in a definitive way.
目次
Preface - Introduction - PART 1: A HERMENEUTICS OF COMPARISON: REFLECTIONS ON THE POSSIBILITY OF A SCIENCE OF RELIGION - What Would Buddhaghosa Have Made of the Cloud of Unknowing? - The Purification of Consciousness and the Negative Path - Our Experience of the Ultimate -Foreword to Religion in Essence and Manifestation - Identity and a Dynamic Phenomenology of Religion - Western Society and Buddhism - PART 2: RELIGION ON THE GROUND: SOME EXAMPLES OF METHOD FOR DEVELOPING A SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE - Consciousness: Permanent or Fleeting: Reflections on Indian Views of Consciousness and the Self - Reflections on the Sources of Knowledge in the Indian Tradition - An Analysis of Hinduism in the Modern World - Action and Suffering in the Theravadin Tradition - India, Sri Lanka and Religion - Discontinuities and Continuities Between Mao Zedong Thought and the Traditional Religions of China - Asian Cultures and the Impact of the West - PART 3: THE NEW DISCIPLINE: RELIGION AS AN ACADEMIC STUDY - Introducing the Study of Religion - Teaching Religion and Religions: The 'World Religions' Course - The Pros and Cons of Thinking of Religion as Tradition - Graduate Education: Some Practical Issues - Reflections on the Future of Religion - Index
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