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Sins and sinners : perspectives from Asian religions /
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Asian religious traditions have always been deeply concerned with \'sins\' and what to do about them. As the essays in this volume illustrate, what Buddhists in Tibet, India, China or Japan, what Jains, Daoists, Hindus or Sikhs considered to be a \'sin\' was neither one thing, nor exactly what the Abrahamic traditions meant by the term. \'Sins\'could be both undesireable behavior and unacceptable thoughts. In different contexts, at different times and places, a sin might be a ritual infraction or a violation of a rule of law; it could be a moral failing or a wrong belief. However defined, sins were considered so grave a hindrance to spiritual perfection, so profound a threat to the social order, that the search for their remedies through rituals of expiation, pilgrimage, confession, recitation of spells, or philosophical reflection, was one of the central quests of the religions studied here.
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Proceedings of a conference held in the fall of 2010 at Yale University. :
1 online resource (vi, 387 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004232006 :
0169-8834 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The social dimension of Shin Buddhism /
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Shin Buddhism (Jōdo Shinshū), although weakened in many ways by secularization, continues to be a stable presence in Japanese society, as is emblematically shown by the very symmetrical position of the Nishi (Honganji-ha) and the Higashi Honganji (Ōtani-ha) head temples in the center of Kyōto, and by the recent projects for their renovation. This book addresses the need for more academic research on Shin Buddhism, and is specifically directed at describing and analyzing distinctive social aspects of this religious tradition in historical and contemporary perspective. The contributions collected here cover a wide range of issues, including the intersection between Shin Buddhism and fields as diverse as politics, education, social movements, economy, culture and the media, social ethics, gender, and globalization.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004193796 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
" - und will schön sein" : Schmuck und Kosmetik im spätantiken Ägypten /
: Catalog for the exhibition in the Papyrusmuseum of the Österreichische Nationalbibliothek in 2004. : viii, 129 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 110) and index. : 3901232478
Helius Eobanus Hessus, sein Leben und seine Werke : Band I, mit portrait. Ein Betrag zur Cultur- und Gelehrtengeschichte des 16. Jahrhunderts /
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Anhang: Verzeichnis der Schriften und Veröffentlichungen Eobans. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789060040928).
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1 online resource (703 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004535435
Helius Eobanus Hessus, sein Leben und seine Werke : Band II, ein Betrag zur Cultur- und Gelehrtengeschichte des 16. Jahrhunderts /
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Anhang: Verzeichnis der Schriften und Veröffentlichungen Eobans. The print edition is available as a set of two volumes (9789060040928).
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1 online resource (703 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004535442