Download or read book Soteriologies of India and Their Role in the Perception of Disability written by Anand Rao and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2004 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the century and the beginning of the new Millennium, India has made extraordinary industrial and economic progress. At the same time the sub-continent is faced with innumerable problems in the area of basic social services. Religion plays an important role in the interpersonal relationship and social interaction of the people. Religion is not only worship and prayer, but dictates such factors as who could come in physical contact with the other and who has the right to draw water from a well and who is deprived of it. Because of these factors it is necessary to look at the perception of disability in the soteriologies of India. This study confines itself to Hinduism as the major religion of India, that is based on the achievement of salvation and thus to escape the cycle of birth-, death- and rebirth and Christianity, on the other hand, that is involved in trying to improve the conditions of the poor and the needy and its main precept is the love of neighbours. It would be interesting to pursue these distinctions in reviewing the perception of disability in both these religions.

Download or read book Hinduism written by Axel Michaels and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hinduism is currently followed by one-fifth of humankind. Far from a monolithic theistic tradition, the religion comprises thousands of gods, a complex caste system, and hundreds of languages and dialects. Such internal plurality inspires vastly ranging rites and practices amongst Hinduism's hundreds of millions of adherents. It is therefore not surprising that scholars have been hesitant to define universal Hindu beliefs and practices. In this book, Axel Michaels breaks this trend. He examines the traditions, beliefs, and rituals Hindus hold in common through the lens of what he deems its "identificatory habitus," a cohesive force that binds Hindu religions together and fortifies them against foreign influences. Thus, in his analysis, Michaels not only locates Hinduism's profoundly differentiating qualities, but also provides the framework for an analysis of its social and religious coherence. Michaels blends his insightful arguments and probing questions with introductions to major historical epochs, ample textual sources as well as detailed analyses of major life-cycle rituals, the caste system, forms of spiritualism, devotionalism, ritualism, and heroism. Along the way he points out that Hinduism has endured and repeatedly resisted the missionary zeal and universalist claims of Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists. He also contrasts traditional Hinduism with the religions of the West, "where the self is preferred to the not-self, and where freedom in the world is more important than liberation from the world." Engaging and accessible, this book will appeal to laypersons and scholars alike as the most comprehensive introduction to Hinduism yet published. Not only is Hinduism refreshingly new in its methodological approach, but it also presents a broad range of meticulous scholarship in a clear, readable style, integrating Indology, religious studies, philosophy, anthropological theory and fieldwork, and sweeping analyses of Hindu texts.

Download or read book Missionsberichte aus Indien im 18 Jahrhundert written by Michael Bergunder and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2004 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Study of Hinduism written by Arvind Sharma and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this text, leading scholars from around the world take stock of two centuries of international intellectual investment in Hinduism. Since the early 19th century, when the scholarly investigation of Hinduism began to take shape as a modern academic discipline, Hindu studies has evolved from its concentration on description and analysis to an emphasis on understanding Hindu traditions in the context of the religion's own values, concepts and history. Offering an assessment of the current state of Hindu studies, the contributors to this volume identify past achievements and chart the course for what remains to be accomplished in the field.

Download or read book Construction of the Other Identification of the Self written by Martin Tamcke and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2012 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of diverse contributions revisits the European religious construction of the Indian Other. In their attempt to identify their European Self, missionaries from Germany constructed India as their Other and archived such constructions. Such archival narratives epitomize the conviction of these missionaries in their Christian faith and their belief in the superiority of the European Self. These narratives, however, provide readers (for whose eyes they were not meant originally) with spaces to locate their own past and to identify their own Self. (Series: Studies on Oriental Church History / Studien zur Orientalischen Kirchengeschichte - Vol. 45)

Download or read book Mission und Macht im Wandel politischer Orientierungen written by Ulrich van der Heyden and published by Franz Steiner Verlag. This book was released on 2005 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Das Verhaltnis christlicher Missionare und Missionsgesellschaften gegenuber den politischen Machthabern und Bewegungen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert steht im Mittelpunkt des Sammelbandes. Die Beitrage analysieren sowohl die wechselseitigen Beziehungen der Leitungen von Missionsgesellschaften zu den jeweiligen Regierungen in Europa als auch das Verhaltnis ihrer Missionare - Manner und Frauen - auf den Arbeitsfeldern in Asien und Afrika zu den lokal bzw. regional maageblichen politischen Kraften (Kolonialmachte eigener oder fremder Nationalitat, souverane Staaten, lokale politische Systeme und Unabhangigkeitsbewegungen) in den einzelnen Facetten. Aus dem Inhalt C. Auffarth: aWeltreligiono als ein Leitbegriff der Religionswissenschaft im Imperialismus T. de Souza: D. Jose da Costa Nunes - a Patriarch who Cared for More than Souls: a Case of Caesaro-papism in Portuguese India, 1942-1953 R. Elphick: Dutch Reformed Missions and the Roots of the Apartheid Ideology W. Ustorf: Kairos 1933 - Occidentosis, Christofascism, and Mission K. Poewe: Liberalism, German Missionaries, and National Socialism u.a.

Download or read book African Identities and World Christianity in the Twentieth Century written by Klaus Koschorke and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2005 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The map of global Christianity continues to undergo dramatic changes, and on this map Africa comes to the fore. The proceedings of the Third International Conference at Munich-Freising on the History of Christianity in the Non-Western World seek to respond to the growing importance of Africa in the context of World Christianity. Prominent scholars from Africa and Europe deal with the manifold manifestations of African Christianity in the 20th century and the various ways in which "African" and "Christian" identities were formulated and interacted with each other. The negotiation of the local and the global in the process of forming African churches is discussed, as is the question of the impact of internal African debates and developments on global ecumenical discussions. From the table of contents (16 contributions): O.U. Kalu, A Trail of Ferment in African Christianity. Ethiopianism, Prophetism, PentecostalismK. Ward, African identities in the historic 'Mainline Churches'. A case study of the negotiation of local and global within African AnglicanismA. Anderson, African Independent Churches and Global Pentecostalism. Historical Connections and Common IdentitiesE. Kamphausen, 'African Cry'. Anmerkungen zur Entstehungsgeschichte einer kontextuellen Befreiungstheologie in AfrikaA. Adamavi-Aho Ekue, Troubled but not destroyed. The development of African Theologies and the paradigm of the 'Theology of reconstruction'K. Hock, Appropriated Vibrancy. 'Immediacy' as a Formative Element in African Theologies

Download or read book Hinduism written by Nirad C. Chaudhuri and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a description and interpretation of the religion of the Hindus, focusing on their religious psychology and behaviour. Rejecting familiar assumptions about early Hinduism, Nirad C. Chaudhuri makes a brilliant reassessment of its formative influences and examines temple and image worship in general, and the three major cults of Siva, Krishna and the Mother Goddess.

Download or read book The Pur as written by Ludo Rocher and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 1986 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mindfulness Rebaph written by Ramón Horacio Galarza and published by Editorial Autores de Argentina. This book was released on 2022-12-28 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Este libro no es un libro mas de autoayuda es un libro de autorealización. El libro proporciona información presisa sobre una nueva técnica de mindfulness bautizada por el autor REBPAH y dará instrucciones graduales para integrar la meditación, la atención plena y las intervenciones cognitivas para lograr el bienestar y la felicidad. Los lectores aprenderán a distanciarse de las pautas corporales y mentales automáticas que aparecen en la vida cotidiana, para generar atención plena. Esta obra también guía a los clínicos en la práctica del mindfulness. Asimismo se presentan los resultados de estudios científicos realizados hasta la fecha sobre la eficacia del mindfulness, no solo para resolver problemas, reconocer estresores, mejorar la calidad de la salud física o espiritual sino que también encontrar el bienestar y la felicidad. Ramón Horacio Galarza This book is not just another self-help book, it is a self-realization book. The book provides in-depth information on a new mindfulness technique named REBPAH by the author and will give step-by-step instructions for integrating meditation, mindfulness, and cognitive interventions to achieve well-being and happiness. Readers will learn to distance themselves from the automatic body and mind patterns that appear in everyday life, in order to generate mindfulness. This work also guides clinicians in the practice of mindfulness. Likewise, the results of scientific studies carried out to date on the effectiveness of mindfulness are presented, not only to solve problems, recognize stressors, improve the quality of physical or spiritual health, but also to find well-being and happiness. Ramón Horacio Galarza

Download or read book Handbook of Hinduism in Europe 2 vols written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-07-27 with total page 1677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Handbook of Hinduism in Europe portrays and analyses Hindu traditions in every country in Europe. It presents the main Hindu communities, religious groups, forms and teachings present in the continent and shows that Hinduism have become a major religion in Europe.

Download or read book Two Old Faiths written by John Murray Mitchell and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Buddhist Symbols in Tibetan Culture written by Loden Sherap Dagyab and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03-29 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fascinating study, Dagyab Rinpoche not only explains the nine best-known groups of Tibetan Buddhist symbols but also shows how they serve as bridges between our inner and outer worlds. As such, they can be used to point the way to ultimate reality and to transmit a reservoir of deep knowledge formed over thousands of years.

Download or read book Studies in Hinduism written by J. C. Heesterman and published by Austrian Academy of Sciences Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Der Sammelband schliesst sich mit Arbeiten zu den religiosen Traditionen des Pancaratra und des Visistadvaitavedanta thematisch an die ersten beiden Bande Studies in Hinduism" I und II, die sich dem Verhaltnis zwischen den vedischen und den hinduistischen Religionen bzw. dem Phanomen des Tantra widmen.\nDie ersten drei Beitrage des vorliegenden Bandes befassen sich mit der textlichen Uberlieferung des Pancaratra. M. RASTELLI zeigt anhand des Beispieles des fur die Verehrung Gottes verwendeten Thrones (asana) die Art und Weise, auf welche der Text der Paramesvarasamhita aus fruheren Pancaratra-Werken kompiliert wurde. M. CZERNIAK-DROZDZOWICZ beschreibt die achtteilige religiose Praxis eines Pancaratra-Anhangers, die ein strukturelles Element des Textes der Paramasamhita bildet. In thematischer Nahe dazu steht die Arbeit von G. OBERHAMMER, die sich mit der Struktur und dem Inhalt des 24. Kapitels der Paramasamhita befasst, welches die vidvatpuja, "die von einem Weisen [vorgenommene] Verehrung, beschreibt.\nDie anderen drei Artikel sind der Tradition des Visistadvaitavedanta gewidmet, die in ihrer historischen Entwicklung eng mit der des Pancaratra verbunden ist. G. OBERHAMMER behandelt Meghanadarisuris Lehre von der Gottin und deren ideengeschichtliche Einordung in die Ramanuja-Schule. H. MARLEWICZ befasst sich mit der Polemik des Visistadvaitavedanta gegen die advaitische akhandavakyartha-Theorie. M. SCHMUCKER stellt in seinem Beitrag die Kritik der Ramanuja-Schule an der advaitischen Lehre von der Wahrnehmbarkeit des blossen Seienden (sanmatra) dar.

Download or read book The Clash Within Civilisations written by Dieter Senghaas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanding upon, and engaging with, the influential theories of Francis Fukuyama in The End of History and Samuel Huntington in The Clash of Civilisations, this book is a major, and controversial, contribution to these key contemporary debates. Dieter Senghaas examines some of the most significant political issues we face today: * How do societies cope with pluralization? * Can tolerance be a successful solution? * What is the role of 'culture' in recent conflicts which have been described as culturally induced? * And will twenty-first-century world politics sink into cultural conflicts on a biblical scale? Dieter Senghaas explores these questions within the context of the main non-Western cultural areas Chinese political philosophy, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism and goes on to reflect on the possibility of a constructive form of intercultural dialogue. Senghaas's distinctive and radical approach will be of great interest and topicality to all those working in politics, international relations, sociology, cultural studies, development studies, religion and international political economy.

Download or read book The Clash Within Civilizations written by Dieter Senghaas and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Expanding upon, and engaging with, the influential theories of Francis Fukuyama in The End of History and Samuel Huntington in The Clash of Civilisations, this book is a major, and controversial, contribution to these key contemporary debates. Dieter Senghaas examines some of the most significant political issues we face today: * How do societies cope with pluralization? * Can tolerance be a successful solution? * What is the role of 'culture' in recent conflicts which have been described as culturally induced? * And will twenty-first-century world politics sink into cultural conflicts on a biblical scale? Dieter Senghaas explores these questions within the context of the main non-Western cultural areas Chinese political philosophy, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism and goes on to reflect on the possibility of a constructive form of intercultural dialogue. Senghaas's distinctive and radical approach will be of great interest and topicality to all those working in politics, international relations, sociology, cultural studies, development studies, religion and international political economy.

Download or read book The Hindu System of Religious Science and Art written by Kishori Lal Sarkar and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03-29 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition.