Anne Vallely

Broschiertes Buch

Guardians of the Transcendent

An Ethnography of a Jain Ascetic Community

Beschreibung

Explores the many facets of what constitutes a moral life within the Terapanthi Svetambar Jain ascetic community, and examines the central role ascetics play in upholding the Jain moral order.

Autor

Anne Vallely is a part-time lecturer in the Departments of Anthropology and Religion at Concordia University, and in the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 153mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780802084156
• ISBN-10: 080208415X
• Artikelnr.: 21467117