'The Heathen in his Blindness...', Asia, the West and the Dynamic of Religion.

'The Heathen in his Blindness...', Asia, the West and the Dynamic of Religion.

Today, most intellectuals agree that (a) Christianity has profoundly influenced western culture; (b) members from different cultures experience many aspects of the world differently; (c) the empirical and theoretical study of both culture and religion emerged within the West. The present study argue...

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Main Author: S.N. Balagangadhara

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden, Boston: Brill, 1993.

Series: Numen Book Series 64.
Numen Book Series Online, ISBN: 9789004380837.

Subjects:

Religion and culture.
East and West.
Irreligion.

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Call Number: BL65.C8 B35 1993

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505 0 0 |a Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Some Puzzles and Problems -- "Not by One Avenue Only ..." -- The Whore of Babylon and Other Revelations -- Made in Paris, London, and Heidelberg -- Requiem for a Theme -- "Shall the Twain Ever Meet?" -- "Guilty as Charged, My Lords and Ladies?" -- A Human Tragedy or the Divine Retribution? -- "Blessed are Those Who Seek..." -- "Imagine, There Is No Religion ..." -- Prolegomena to a Comparative Science of Cultures -- At the End of a Journey -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- Studies in the History of Religions Numen Bookseries. 
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