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Asian religions : a cultural perspective / Randall L Nadeau.

By: Publisher: Malden, MA ; John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2014Description: xii, 265 pages :illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781118471975
  • 9781118471968
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Asian religionsDDC classification:
  • 200.95 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1033 .N33 2014
Contents:
Religion -- Language -- Confucian -- Defining religion : the Confucian response -- The religious dimensions of Confucianism -- The self as a center of relationships -- Learning to be human -- Lasting influence of Confucianism in modern East Asia -- Taoist -- What is Taoism? -- Philosophical Taoism -- Temporal dimensions of yin-yang cosmology -- Spatial dimensions of yin-yang cosmology -- Personal dimensions of yin-yang cosmology -- Taoism as a global religious phenomenon -- Hindu -- What is hinduism -- Karma-marga -- JnÌna-Marga -- Bhakti-Marga -- Hinduism in the modern world -- Theravada -- Buddhism and the Buddha -- Suffering and its causes -- Buddhist ethics -- The fruits of meditation -- Monastic practice -- Mahayana -- Faith -- Principles of zen Buddhism -- Buddhism as a global religion -- Japanese -- Japanese religion and culture -- Shrine Shinto: dimensions of sacred time and space in Japan -- Dimensions of religion in modern Japan.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks BL1033 .N33 2014 1 Available 33039001315968

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Religion -- Language -- Confucian -- Defining religion : the Confucian response -- The religious dimensions of Confucianism -- The self as a center of relationships -- Learning to be human -- Lasting influence of Confucianism in modern East Asia -- Taoist -- What is Taoism? -- Philosophical Taoism -- Temporal dimensions of yin-yang cosmology -- Spatial dimensions of yin-yang cosmology -- Personal dimensions of yin-yang cosmology -- Taoism as a global religious phenomenon -- Hindu -- What is hinduism -- Karma-marga -- JnÌna-Marga -- Bhakti-Marga -- Hinduism in the modern world -- Theravada -- Buddhism and the Buddha -- Suffering and its causes -- Buddhist ethics -- The fruits of meditation -- Monastic practice -- Mahayana -- Faith -- Principles of zen Buddhism -- Buddhism as a global religion -- Japanese -- Japanese religion and culture -- Shrine Shinto: dimensions of sacred time and space in Japan -- Dimensions of religion in modern Japan.

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