John E. Cort

Jains in the World

Religious Values and Ideology in India

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents a detailed fieldwork-based study of the ancient Indian religion of Jainism. Drawing on field research in northern Gujarat and on the study of both ancient Sanskrit and Prakrit and modern vernacular Jain religious literature, John Cort provides a rounded portrait of the religion as it is practiced today.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9780199796649
• ISBN-10: 0199796645
• Artikelnr.: 33253935

Autorenporträt

Professor and Director of the Department of Religion at Denison University. Author of Framing the Jina (November 2009; 218 copies)

Inhaltsangabe

Note on Language, Transliteration, and Names
Hymn to Pancasar Parsvanath
Introduction: On the Occasion of the Blessed Installation of the Lord
1. The Ideology of the Path to Liberation
2. Jains and Jainism in Patan
3. Going to the Temple: How to Worship God
4. Gifting and Grace: Patterns of Lay-Mendicant Interaction
5. Holy Asceticism
6. Remembrance and Celebration: The Jain Religious Year
7. Ideologies and Realms of Value
Hymn to Pancasar Parsvanath
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index