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The Oneness Hypothesis
Beyond the Boundary of Self
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2018
The idea that the self is inextricably intertwined with the rest of the world—the “oneness hypothesis”—can be found in many of the world’s philosophical and religious traditions. Oneness provides ways to imagine and achieve a more expansive conception of the self as fundamentally connected...
Zhu Xi's Reading of the Analects
Canon, Commentary, and the Classical Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2003
The Analects is a compendium of the sayings of Confucius (551–479 b.c.e.), transcribed and passed down by his disciples. How it came to be transformed by Zhu Xi (1130–1200) into one of the most philosophically significant texts in the Confucian tradition is the subject of this book.
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Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion
The Creation of the Soul of Japan
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2003
Yoshimasa may have been the worst shogun ever to rule Japan. He was a failure as a soldier, incompetent at dealing with state business, and dominated by his wife. But his influence on the cultural life of Japan was unparalleled. According to Donald Keene, Yoshimasa was the only shogun to leave a lasting...
The Teachings of Master Wuzhu
Zen and Religion of No-Religion
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
The Record of the Dharma-Jewel Through the Generations (Lidai fabao ji) is a little-known Chan/Zen Buddhist text of the eighth century, rediscovered in 1900 at the Silk Road oasis of Dunhuang. The only remaining artifact of the Bao Tang Chan school of Sichuan, the text provides a fascinating sectarian...
Hidden Dimensions
The Unification of Physics and Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Bridging the gap between the world of science and the realm of the spiritual, B. Alan Wallace introduces a natural theory of human consciousness that has its roots in contemporary physics and Buddhism. Wallace's "special theory of ontological relativity" suggests that mental phenomena are...
Losing Tim
How Our Health and Education Systems Failed My Son with Schizophrenia
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Paul Gionfriddo's son Tim is one of the "6 percent"—an American with serious mental illness. He is also one of the half million homeless people with serious mental illnesses in desperate need of help yet underserved or ignored by our health and social-service systems.
In this moving,...
The Present as History
Critical Perspectives on Global Power
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2007
The Present as History is a rare opportunity to hear world-renowned scholars speak on the new imperialism, feminism and human rights, secularism and Islam, post-colonialism, and the global economy. They treat the United States as an object to be historically and politically interrogated rather than...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2009
Through a novel integration of child welfare data, policy analysis, and evidence-informed youth permanency practice, the essays in this volume show how to achieve and sustain family permanence for older children and youth in foster care. Researchers examine what is known about permanency outcomes...
by Daniel N. Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2007
In recent decades, issues that reside at the center of philosophical and psychological inquiry have been absorbed into a scientific framework variously identified as "brain science," "cognitive science," and "cognitive neuroscience." Scholars have heralded this development...
Unifying Hinduism
Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2010
Some postcolonial theorists argue that the idea of a single system of belief known as "Hinduism" is a creation of nineteenth-century British imperialists. Andrew J. Nicholson introduces another perspective: although a unified Hindu identity is not as ancient as some Hindus claim, it has...
Reading the Mahāvamsa
The Literary Aims of a Theravada Buddhist History
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Vamsa is a dynamic genre of Buddhist history filled with otherworldly characters and the exploits of real-life heroes. These narratives collapse the temporal distance between Buddha and the reader, building an emotionally resonant connection with an outsized religious figure and a longed-for past....
Restating Orientalism
A Critique of Modern Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2018
Since Edward Said’s foundational work, Orientalism has been singled out for critique as the quintessential example of Western intellectuals’ collaboration with oppression. Controversies over the imbrications of knowledge and power and the complicity of Orientalism in the larger project of colonialism...
The Ethical Soundscape
Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2006
Charles Hirschkind's unique study explores how a popular Islamic media form-the cassette sermon-has profoundly transformed the political geography of the Middle East over the last three decades.
An essential aspect of what is now called the Islamic Revival, the cassette sermon has become omnipresent...
by Richard Miller
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2010
Religious violence may trigger feelings of repulsion and indignation, especially in a society that encourages toleration and respect, but rejection contradicts the principles of inclusion that define a democracy and its core moral values. How can we think ethically about religious violence and terrorism,...