Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 426 Seiten)
Edition:
Second edition
ISBN:
9780203864647
Series Statement:
The library of religious beliefs and practices
Content:
Julius Lipner's Hindus is widely recognised as essential reading for everyone wishing to understand one of the world's great religious traditions. Hinduism comprises the religion and culture of the great majority of the people of India, a country tipped to become a world superpower politically, economically and culturally in the course of the present century. The vast array of diverse beliefs and practices usually described as 'Hindu' has been notoriously difficult to corral under a single regulating theme. Julius Lipner provides not only a wide-ranging introduction to Hindu religious and cult
Note:
Hindus Their Religious Beliefs And Practices; Copyright; Contents; Preface To The Second Edition And Procedural Note; Map Of India Showing Some Important Sacred Sites; 1 About'Hindu', Hinduism And This Book; Part I Guiding Voices; 2 The Voice Of Scripture As Veda (I): Performing The Word; 3 The Voice Of Scripture As Veda (II): Discerning The Word; 4 The Voice Of Scripture As Veda And'Veda'; 5 The Voice Of Tradition: Smrti And Its Divisions (I); 6 The Voice Of Tradition: Smrti And Its Divisions (II); 7 The Voice Of Tradition: Caste And Its Realities
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8 The Voice Of Tradition: Itihāsa And Sacred Narrative9 The Voice Of Tradition: Folklore And The Intellectual Heritage; 10 The Voice Of Experience; Part II Reason And Morality; 11 A Story With A Tale; 12 Morality And The Person; The Belief In Karma And Rebirth; Part III Images Of Time, Space, And Eternity; 13 Reckoning Time And'Progress'; 14 The Sacred And Its Forms; 15 Ways, Means And Ends; Concluding Postscript; Select Glossary; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978020345760
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978020345777
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415456760
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.4324/9780203864647
