Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Several years ago in Rajasthan, an 18-year-old woman was burned on her husband's funeral pyre & thus became sati. Before ascending the pyre, she was expected to deliver both blessings & curses: blessings to guard her family & clan for many generations, & curses to prevent anyone from thwarting her desire to die. Sati also means blessing & curse in a broader sense. To those who revere it, sati symbolizes ultimate loyalty & self-sacrifice. It often figures near the core of a Hindu identity that feels embattled in a modern world. Yet to those who deplore it, sati is a curse, a violation of every woman's womanhood. It is murder mystified, & as such, the symbol of precisely what Hinduism should not be. In this volume a group of leading scholars consider the many meanings of sati: in India & the West; in literature, art, & opera; in religion, psychology, economics, & politics.

Sati. --- Suttee --- Voluntary human sacrifice --- Widow suicide --- Widow suicide. --- Widows --- Suicide

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

Rituals, although seemingly traditional and fixed, a re v ery m uch contextualand subject to change. Rituals do not exist and are not performed in a vacuum,and are not independent of time and place. They are deeply influenced by thecultural, social, economic, and political contexts in which they appear. Trendsin culture also lead to ritual trends. Therefore, rituals are a dynamic field, whichis reflected in this Special Issue of Religions regarding "Exploring RitualFields Today".

form-of-life --- monastic spirituality --- ritual practice --- ritual transfer --- satī --- widow-burning --- India --- ritual criticism --- chronotopicity --- adaptive reuse --- church architecture --- ritual --- liturgy --- funeral --- ritual dynamics --- space --- boundaries --- cemetery --- religious groups --- minority groups --- arena --- pluralization --- cocreation --- ritualizing --- childbirth --- pregnancy --- spirituality --- meaning making --- embodiment --- deconsecration --- desecration --- consecration --- profanation --- church buildings --- sacred space --- church reuse --- altar --- Roman Catholic Church --- canon law --- rituals --- hospice --- cultural analysis --- good death --- pilgrimage --- institutional religion --- routes --- sacred places --- landscape --- agency --- power --- entrepreneurs --- Europe --- n/a --- satī

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

This special issue presents discussions of the role and meaning of religion for Korean society. Covering wide-ranging time periods, the authors explores with their own cases four major characteristics of Korean religion: Creativity, Greater Responsiveness, Adaptability, and Prophethood. Their topical religious traditions include Neo-Confucianism, Christianity, Buddhism, and Korean new religious movements.

Joseon Korea --- confessional perspective --- moral psychology --- the Four–Seven Debate --- modernization and Buddhism --- Korean Buddhism --- Gukgajochangidohoe (Korean National Prayer Breakfast) --- semantics --- public culture --- Sati-Sisimma --- secularization --- South Korea --- equalization policy --- Tasan Jeong Yag-Yong --- han --- patriotic Buddhism --- critical theory --- respect (chonjon/zunzun) --- Confucianism --- Tongdok --- H? Mok --- Jeong Yag-Jong --- teaching rights of religion --- Candlelight Revolution --- aging monks --- Korean religion --- theistic turn --- Pansori --- spirituality --- integral mission --- popular sovereignty --- controversy on mourning attire --- Western Learning --- metaphysical pathos --- education for monks --- moral metaphysics --- scriptures --- affection (chinchin/qinqin) --- Korean Ganhwa Seon --- Yun Hyu --- Korean Christianity --- Satipa??h?na --- Korean Neo-Confucianism --- counter-illumination --- educational innovation --- religious education --- li-ki metaphysics --- Confucian democracy --- pluralism --- Bible --- li and qi --- bare attention --- ecclesiastical social responsibility --- Shin Hudam --- liberation theology --- religion and constitution --- marriage of monks --- Song Siy?l --- the Jogye Order --- impeachment --- Chan/Seon/Zen --- religiousness of confucianism --- mindful hwadu Sisimma --- religion and state --- minjung --- decreased number of monks --- minjungshinhak --- korean confucianism --- civil society --- prophetic consciousness --- non-confessional perspective --- Chos?n Dynasty --- minjung theology --- performance --- Korean Protestants --- secularization theory --- religion and human rights --- bibliodrama --- all-embracing Buddhism --- three-year mourning --- Buddhism --- Religion and sociology --- Korea --- Religious life and customs. --- Civilization --- Confucian influences. --- Buddhist influences. --- Religion and society --- Religious sociology --- Society and religion --- Sociology, Religious --- Sociology and religion --- Sociology of religion --- Sociology --- Religions