Eastern category: 10105 books
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Written by a team of internationally renowned scholars, this volume provides an in-depth introduction to religion in contemporary China. Instead of adopting the traditional focus on pre-modern religious history and doctrinal traditions, Chinese Religious Life examines the social dimensions of religious...
The Philosophy of Qi
The Record of Great Doubts
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2007
The Record of Great Doubts emphasizes the role of qi in achieving a life of engagement with other humans, with the larger society, and with nature as a whole. Rather than encourage transcendental escapism or quietism, Ekken articulates a philosophy of material force as a basis of living a life of...
by Brandon Toropov, Chadwick Hansen
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2002
You're no idiot, of courser. You know Taoism is one of the world's oldest religions, based on simplicity and balance. However, you may not know it has important parallels with modern Western faith; health, ecology, even in pop culture icons as Luke Skywalker and The Beatles.
But you don't have...
Asian Religions
A Cultural Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2014
This lively introduction offers a complete overview of the main Asian religions, their traditions and contemporary relevance, and how they are lived and practiced today.
Provides readers with an all-embracing introduction to Asian religions, covering each of the main traditions in a style that...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Comprising the most up-to-date, interdisciplinary research on the study of Chinese religious beliefs and cultural practices, this volume explores the rich and complex religious and philosophical traditions that have developed and flourished in one of the world's oldest civilizations.
Covers the...
The Science of Chinese Buddhism
Early Twentieth-Century Engagements
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Kexue, or science, captured the Chinese imagination in the early twentieth century, promising new knowledge about the world and a dynamic path to prosperity. Chinese Buddhists embraced scientific language and ideas to carve out a place for their religion within a rapidly modernizing society.
Examining...
by Fujiwara no Tokihira
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2017
Rituals reflecting Shinto culture and beliefs, many of them drawing on the mythology of Shinto as reflected in the earlier Kojiki. In most cases the rituals take the form of prayers, but in some instances the text describes ritual practices as well.
Lemberg, Lwów, L'viv, 1914 - 1947
Violence and Ethnicity in a Contested City
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Known as Lemberg in German and Lwów in Polish, the city of L'viv in modern Ukraine was in the crosshairs of imperial and national aspirations for much of the twentieth century. This book tells the compelling story of how its inhabitants (Roman Catholic Poles, Greek Catholic Ukrainians, and Jews)...
Politics without a Past
The Absence of History in Postcommunist Nationalism
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 1999
In Politics without a Past Shari J. Cohen offers a powerful challenge to
common characterizations of postcommunist politics as either a resurgence of
aggressive nationalism or an evolution toward Western-style democracy. Cohen
draws upon extensive field research to paint a picture of postcommunist
political...
Compassionate Knitting
Finding Basic Goodness in the Work of Our Hands
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Compassionate Knitting: Finding Basic Goodness in the Work of Our Hands is a knitting book unlike any other. The 20 original-design projects included in this book range from small accessory items and gifts to wearable garments-all of which include personal ritual in their creation or use. Each project...
Age of the Sages
The Axial Age in Asia and the Near East
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
By setting traditions and thinkers such as Zoroaster, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Gautama Buddha, Confucius, Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle side by side, we are able to see more clearly the questions with which they struggled, their similarities and differences, and how their ideas have influenced religious thought down to our day.
Wise Teacher, Wise Student
Tibetan Approaches To A Healthy Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2010
The relationship between a teacher and student can be a most rewarding and life-enhancing experience, yet it can also be fraught with problems and misunderstandings. For Westerners working with Eastern teachers, the difficulties can be compounded by cultural differences, language barriers, and divergent...
Wedded to the Land?
Gender, Boundaries, and Nationalism in Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2001
In Wedded to the Land? Mary N. Layoun offers a critical commentary on the idea of nationalism in general and on specific attempts to formulate alternatives to the concept in particular. Narratives surrounding three geographically and temporally different national crises form the center of her study:...
The Daoist Monastic Manual
A Translation of the Fengdao Kejie
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2004
The Fengdao kejie or "Rules and Precepts for Worshiping the Dao" dates from the early seventh century and is a key text of medieval Daoist priesthood and monasticism, which was first formally organized in the sixth century. Compiled to serve the needs of both monastic practitioners and priests in...