Routledge Studies in Asian Religion
About the Book Series
This series is specifically devoted to Asian religion, considered from a variety of perspectives: those of theology, philosophy, anthropology, sociology, history, politics and literature. The primary objectives of study will be all the religious traditions of the Indian sub-continent, Tibet, China, Japan, South-East Asia and the Near and Middle East.
The Nature and Rationale of Zen/Chan and Enlightenment: The Mind of a Pre-Natal Baby
1st Edition
By Ming Dong Gu
November 28, 2024
This book initiates a paradigm shift away from Zen/Chan as quintessentially Buddhist and examines what makes Chan thought and practice unique and original through an interdisciplinary investigation of the nature and rationale of Chan and its enlightenment. Exploring how enlightenment is achieved ...
Beyond Personal Identity: Dogen, Nishida, and a Phenomenology of No-Self
1st Edition
By Gereon Kopf
November 24, 2015
Applies Dogen Kigen's religious philosophy and the philosophy of Nishida Kitaro to the philosophical problem of personal identity, probing the applicability of the concept of non-self to the philosophical problems of selfhood, otherness, and temporality which culminate in the conundrum of personal ...
The Divine and the Demonic: Supernatural Affliction and its Treatment in North India
1st Edition
By Dr Graham Dwyer
March 31, 2014
Based on fieldwork in the north Indian state of Rajasthan, this book focuses on supernatural affliction - illness and misfortune ascribed to demonic spirits or ghosts and to other mystical agents, such as sorcerers and witches. The study augments and extends the existing scholarship on a range of ...
Buddhist Hagiography in Early Japan: Images of Compassion in the Gyoki Tradition
1st Edition
By Jonathan Morris Augustine
July 11, 2012
Hagiographies or idealized biographies which recount the lives of saints, bodhisattvas and other charismatic figures have been the meeting place for myth and experience. In medieval Europe, the 'lives of saints' were read during liturgical celebrations and the texts themselves were treated as ...
Genealogy of the South Indian Deities: An English Translation of Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg's Original German Manuscript with a Textual Analysis and Glossary
1st Edition
By Daniel Jeyaraj
July 11, 2012
For the first time Genealogy of the South Indian Deities, the work of Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg (1682-1719), the first Protestant missionary in India, is made accessible to an English readership. Originally published in 1713, the text reveals Ziegenbalg's ethos in the emerging European Enlightenment...
Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami
1st Edition
By John Breen, Mark Teeuwen
July 03, 2000
This is the only book to date offering a critical overview of Shinto from early times to the modern era, and evaluating Shinto's place in Japanese religious culture. In recent years, a few books on medieval Shinto have appeared, but none has attempted to depict the broader picture, to examine ...
Tradition and Liberation: The Hindu Tradition in the Indian Women's Movement
1st Edition
By Catherine A. Robinson
August 25, 1999
The text examines the role of the Hindu tradition in the ideology and methodology of the Indian women's movement. By showing how leaders of the movement have restated aspects of the tradition, it provides insight into the ways in which a women's movement can restate a religious tradition. ...