Asian Religions, Technology and Science (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Keul, István

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the historical and contemporary perspectives of the relationship between religion, technology and science in South and East Asia. These three areas are not seen as monolithic entities, but as discursive fields embedded in dynamic processes of cultural exchange and transformation, and the book bridges these arenas of knowledge and practice traditionally seen as distinct and disconnected, and reflects on the ways of exploring the various dimensions of their interconnection.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317674481
• Artikelnr.: 42554440

Autorenporträt

István Keul is Professor in the Study of Religions at the University of Bergen, Norway. His areas of research include various aspects of the history and sociology of South Asian religions. He is the author of a monograph on the Hindu deity Hanuman and has edited volumes on tantra, Yoginis and Banaras.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Asian religions, technology and science Part 1 Asian
religions and science 2. 'True facts of the world.' Media of scientific
space and the transformations of cosmo-geography in 19th-century
Buddhist-Christian encounters 3. An illusion of conciliation: religion and
science in Debendranath and Rabindranath Tagore 4.Vedic science, modern
science, and reason 5. Is the earth round? Traditional cosmography and
modern science in Jainism 6. On 'science' in 'the science of happiness':
the Japanese new religious movement Kofuku no kagaku, occult 'science,' and
'spiritual technology' 7. The synthesis of religious and medical healing
rituals in the Song 8. Medical treatments described in the ritual texts of
Kerala: interaction between religion and science Part 2 Asian religions and
technology 9. New technology and change in the Hindu tradition: the
Internet in historical perspective 10. Japanese new religions and the
social networks: toward a 2.0 interactive religious discourse? 11. #Hashtag
meditation, cyborg Buddhas, and enlightenment as an epic win: Buddhism,
technology, and the new social media 12. The technology of tradition: Javed
Ahmad Ghamidi and the contemporary Pakistani media's participatory
construction of women's shari'a 13. New technologies and new funeral
practices in contemporary Japan 14. Producing deities? Ritual as technology