Throughout the history of Buddhism, little has been said prior to the Twentieth Century that explicitly raises the question whether we have free will, though the Buddha rejected fatalism and some Buddhists have addressed whether karma is fatalistic. Recently, however, Buddhist and Western…
Hardback – 2016-08-03
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Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
Investigating the hitherto unexplored topic of how young people understand and relate to religious diversity in the social context in which they are growing up, this book makes a significant contribution to the existing body of literature on religious diversity and multiculturalism. It closes a gap…
Hardback – 2016-07-27
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Ashgate AHRC/ESRC Religion and Society Series
Ayahuasca is a psychoactive substance that has long been associated with indigenous Amazonian shamanic practices. The recent rise of the drink’s visibility in the media and popular culture, and its rapidly advancing inroads into international awareness, mean that the field of ayahuasca is quickly…
Hardback – 2016-07-13
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Vitality of Indigenous Religions
'Cult Wars' in Historical Perspective provides a broad characterization of the shifting contours over the past several decades. Offering an assessment of several important topics in the study of new religions, this book explores developments in some well-known groups such as the Unification…
Hardback – 2016-07-12
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Ashgate Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements
From the most basic terms to the structures and practices of the Church, this book offers a plain-speaking introduction to Roman Catholicism. Now in a second edition, it contains new sections on relations with other faiths, coverage of recent controversies in the Church and an expanded section on…
Paperback – 2016-07-06
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The Basics
This book presents a close reading of four Indian narratives from different time periods (epic, Upani?adic, pre-modern and contemporary): Ekalavya's story from the Mahabharata (MBh 1.123.1-39), the story of Prajapati, Indra and Virocana from the Chandogya Upani?ad (CU 8.7.1-8.12.5), the story of Sa…
Hardback – 2016-07-06
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Routledge Studies in Asian Religion and Philosophy
Rather than being ephemeral fads, new religious movements (NRMs) have always been and will always be with us. So will the study of them. Offering an assesment of the state-of-the-field of the study of NRMs,Visioning New and Minority Religions begins by considering the analytical tools for the…
Paperback – 2016-06-28
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Ashgate Inform Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements
This book is the first to present current scholarship on gender and in regional and sectarian versions of the Ramaya?a. Contributors explore in what ways the versions relate to other Ramaya?a texts as they deal with the female persona and the cultural values implicit in them. Using a wide variety…
Hardback – 2016-06-08
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Routledge Hindu Studies Series
Using a commentary on the influential text, the Mañjusri-namasa?giti, ‘The Chanting of the Names of Mañjusri’, this book deals with Buddhist tantric meditation practice and its doctrinal context in early-medieval India. The commentary was written by the 8th-9th century Indian tantric scholar…
Hardback – 2016-06-08
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Routledge Studies in Tantric Traditions
Rodnoverie was one of the first new religious movements to emerge following the collapse of the Soviet Union, its development providing an important lens through which to view changes in post-Soviet religious and political life. Rodnovers view social and political issues as inseparably linked to…
Hardback – 2016-05-30
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Studies in Contemporary Russia
Exploring the relations between the concepts of peace and violence with aesthetics, nature, the body, and environmental issues, The Poesis of Peace applies a multidisciplinary approach to case studies in both Western and non-Western contexts including Islam, Chinese philosophy, Buddhist and Hindu…
Hardback – 2016-05-28
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This book, based on extensive original research, examines the nature of Catholicism in the contemporary Philippines. It shows how Catholicism is apparently flourishing, with good attendance at Sunday Masses, impressive religious processions and flourishing charismatic groups, and with interventions…
Hardback – 2016-05-13
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Routledge Religion in Contemporary Asia Series