Reflections in the mirror of religion
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Reflections in the mirror of religion
（Library of philosophy and religion）
Macmillan , St. Martin's Press, c1997
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
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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