Hinduism: past and present
- Tipus Tapa tova
- Editorial PRINCETON
- Autor/s Michaels, Axel
- ISBN13 9780691089539
- ISBN10 0691089531
- Pàgines 429
- Any Edició 2004
Hinduism: past and present
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.
- Tipus Tapa tova
- Editorial PRINCETON
- Autor/s Michaels, Axel
- ISBN13 9780691089539
- ISBN10 0691089531
- Pàgines 429
- Any Edició 2004