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The anthropology of eastern religions : ideas, organizations, and constituencies / Murray J. Leaf.

The world's "great" religions depend on traditions of serious scholarship, dedicated to preserving their key texts but also to understanding them and, therefore, to debating what understanding itself is and how best to do it. They also have important public missions of many kinds, and...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Leaf, Murray J. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2014.
Subjects:
Anthropology of religion > Asia.
Religion and sociology > Asia.
Asia > Religion.
Anthropology of religion.
Religion.
Religion and sociology.
Asia.
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
  • Related Approaches
  • "Higher" Traditions in General
  • The Theory
  • Using the Theory
  • Common Themes
  • The Order of Description
  • Further Reading
  • Notes
  • 2. Vedas and Vedanta
  • Indus Valley Ideas
  • South Asian Texts and Sects
  • Translation Issues
  • The Vedas
  • The Upanishads
  • Organizations, Personnel, and Constituency of Vedanta
  • Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Notes
  • 3. Jain and Buddhist Traditions
  • The Jain Tradition
  • The Buddhist Tradition
  • Buddhist Ethics: The Middle Way
  • Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Notes
  • 4. Hindu Traditions
  • Hinduism, Hindu Society, and Caste
  • Sikhism: Living Bhakti
  • Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Notes
  • 5. China's Main Religions
  • Taoism
  • Confucianism
  • Legalism
  • Buddhism in China
  • Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Notes
  • 6. Japan's Religious Traditions
  • Background
  • Shinto
  • Japanese Buddhist Sects
  • Zen
  • Bushido
  • Conclusion
  • Further Reading
  • Notes
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Religion and Social Development
  • Religion and Ethics
  • Final Thought.

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