1,892円 Jainism is Buddhisms often overlooked cousin. As the only surviving examples of ancient Indias non-Vedic religious traditions, the two religions are often grouped together as heterodoxies, but this is to ignore deep differences between Jain and Buddhist beliefs and practices. Unlike Buddhism, Jai...

11,440円 Most works on media developments and Christianity approach the subject from the perspective of the implications of new media technologies for traditional Christian practices or how churches can use new media to further their goals. The common framework of analysis is a 'given reality' of traditio...

10,280円 With a focus on Asian traditions, this book examines varieties of thought and self-transformative practice that do not fit neatly on one side or another of the standard Western division between philosophy and religion. It contains chapters by experts on Buddhist, Confucian, Taoist, Hindu and Jain...

4,935円 Mahatma Gandhi, one of the greatest influencers in the world, was himself influenced by trailblazing thinkers and writers like Tolstoy, Ruskin, Thoreau, and othersーeach one contributing significantly to his moral and spiritual development. Yet only a few people know the most consequential person...

11,772円 This book is one of the first wide-ranging academic surveys of the major types and categories of Hindu contemplative praxis. It explores diverse spiritual and religious practices within the Hindu traditions and Indic hermeneutical perspectives to understand the intricate culture of meditative com...

10,280円 Ratified by the Parliament of the World’s Religions in 1993 and expanded in 2018, "Towards a Global Ethic (An Initial Declaration)," or the Global Ethic, expresses the minimal set of principles shared by peopleーreligious or not. Though it is a secular document, the Global Ethic emerged after mon...

496円 VIJAYA DHARMA SURI A Jain Acharya of the Present Day by Luigi Pio Tessitori was first publishe in 1917. IF I were called upon to express my opinionー of whatever value my poor opinion may beー concerning the Jain Acharya Vijaya Dharma Suri, I should not hesitate to say that he is the most notewor...

10,943円 The Routledge Handbook of South Asian Religions presents critical research, overviews, and case studies on religion in historical South Asia, in the seven nation states of contemporary South Asia: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives, and in the South Asian dias...

4,927円 A fascinating study of the gemstone industry of Jaipur with special emphasis on its ownership class. Lawrence A. Babb's Emerald City provides an intriguing portrait of the gemstone cutting industry of the North Indian city of Jaipur. It focuses on the ownership class consisting mainly of Jains an...

6,076円 This book analyses global issues holistically and offers pragmatic solutions from a Jainism perspective. Accordingly, it presents a fresh vision of individual development, social transformation and cosmic wellbeing based on the central tenets and practices of Jainism. Through this book, readers l...

10,280円 In the religious landscape of early medieval (c. AD 600-1200) Bihar and Bengal, poly-religiosity was generally the norm than an exception, which entailed the evolution of complex patterns of inter-religious equations. Buddhism, Brahmanism and Jainism not only coexisted but also competed for socia...

1,500円 Quando culture diverse sono costrette a convivere, anche la cucina può diventare occasione di scontro. Norme ben specifiche e rigorose regolano infatti le abitudini alimentari di molti credenti delle varie religioni del mondo. Ma la tavola è anche tradizionale luogo di scambi conviviali e può qui...