Indian and Western Philosophical Concepts in Religion

Pankaj Jain; Jeffery D. Long

doi:10.5771/9781793623164

Summary

Philosophical concepts are influential in the theories and methods to study the world religions. Even though the disciplines of anthropology and religious studies now encompass communities and cultures across the world, the theories and methods used to study world religions and cultures continue to be rooted in Western philosophies. For instance, one of the most widely used textbooks used in introductory courses on religious studies, introduces major theoreticians such as Edward Burnett Tylor, James Frazer, Sigmund Freud, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber, Mircea Eliade, William James, E. E. Evans-Pritchard, and Clifford Geertz. Their theories are based on Western philosophy. In contrast, in Indic philosophical systems, such as Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism, one of the common views on reality is that the world both within one self and outside is a flow with nothing permanent, both the observer and the observed undergoing constant transformation. This volume is based on such innovative ideas coming from different Indic philosophies and how they can enrich the theory and methods in religious studies.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-2315-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-2316-4
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 156
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 6
1. 1. Doxography and Dialectic No access
  2. Dialectic and Medicine No access
  3. Buddhist Medical Sources No access
  4. Āyurvedic Sources No access
  5. Doxography and Therapy No access
  6. The Semantic of Therapy in Buddhism No access
  7. The Semantic of Therapy in Jainism No access
  8. The Semantic of Therapy in Advaita-Vedānta No access
  9. Views No access
  10. Conclusion No access
  11. Notes No access
  12. Bibliography No access
2. 1. Introduction No access
  2. The World of the Self No access
  3. The theories of the guṇas and bhāvas No access
  4. The Demon Devotee No access
  5. Dhvani No access
  6. Holī No access
  7. Conclusion and Reflections No access
  8. Notes No access
  9. Bibliography No access
3. 1. Ludic Quality of Life No access
  2. Liminality and Play No access
  3. Philosophy as a Form of Play No access
  4. Divine Play Depicted by Kavirāja No access
  5. Critical Hermeneutical Dialogue No access
  6. Concluding Remarks No access
  7. Notes No access
  8. Bibliography No access
1. 1. Acknowledgment No access
  2. References No access
2. 1. Conclusion No access
  2. Notes No access
  3. References No access
3. 1. Anekāntavāda as Anti-Reductionism No access
  2. Being Honest about Our Hegemonic Meta-Narratives No access
  3. Where I Am Going with All of This No access
  4. Applications to the Contemporary Study of Religion No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Notes No access
  7. Bibliography No access
4. 1. The Foundations of Buddhist Social Science No access
  2. Advancing the Boundaries of Social Science: A Mahayana Perspective No access
  3. The Nature of a Buddhist Social Science No access
  4. Notes No access
  5. References No access
Index No access Pages 149 - 152
Contributor Biographies No access Pages 153 - 156