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Religion is often viewed as a universally ancient element of the human inheritance, but in the Western Himalayas the community of Himachal Pradesh discovered its religion only after India became an independent secular state. Based on extensive ethnographic and archival work, Becoming Religious in a Secular Age tells the story of this discovery and how it transformed a community's relations to its past and to its members, as well as to those outside the community. And, as Mark Elmore demonstrates, Himachali religion offers a unique opportunity to reimagine relations between religion and secularity. Elmore shows that modern secularity is not so much the eradication of religion as the very condition for its development. Showing us that to become a modern, ethical subject is to become religious, this book creatively augments our understanding of both religion and modernity.

RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State. --- Himachal Pradesh (India) --- Himācala Pradeśa (India) --- Chamba (Princely State) --- Religion --- academic. --- archival. --- colonialism. --- colony. --- community. --- conversion. --- development. --- eastern religion. --- eastern world. --- ethics. --- ethnography. --- himachal pradesh. --- himalayas. --- independence. --- india. --- indian independence. --- modern world. --- modernity. --- religion. --- religious awakening. --- religious convert. --- religious studies. --- research. --- scholarly. --- secular world. --- secular. --- self discovery. --- social studies. --- transformation. --- world history. --- world religion.

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Learning Love from a Tiger explores the vibrancy and variety of humans' sacred encounters with the natural world, gathering a range of stories culled from Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Mayan, Himalayan, Buddhist, and Chinese shamanic traditions. Readers will delight in tales of house cats who teach monks how to meditate, shamans who shape-shift into jaguars, crickets who perform Catholic mass, rivers that grant salvation, and many others. In addition to being a collection of wonderful stories, this book introduces important concepts and approaches that underlie much recent work in environmental ethics, religion, and ecology. Daniel Capper's light touch prompts readers to engage their own views of humanity's place in the natural world and question longstanding assumptions of human superiority.

Nature --- Animals --- Animals (Philosophy) --- Human-animal relationships --- Religious aspects --- Philosophy. --- big cat lover. --- big cat. --- buddhist. --- cat lover. --- chinese. --- christian. --- ecology. --- environmentalism. --- ethics. --- himalayan. --- hindu. --- human animal relationships. --- international. --- mayan. --- muslim. --- mythology. --- natural world. --- nature. --- redemption. --- religion. --- salvation. --- shaman. --- shamanic traditions. --- shape shifting. --- short stories. --- spiritual. --- spirituality. --- stories of faith. --- tiger lover. --- tiger. --- wild animal. --- world religion.

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"While many textbooks treat 'world religions' in an apolitical way, as if each religion were a path for individual seekers after wisdom and not a discourse intimately connected with the exercise of power, Laine's book treats religion and politics as halves of the same whole, and he traces their relationship from the days of Alexander the Great to the secularists of modern Europe, with stops in classical India, China, and the Islamic world"--Provided by publisher.

Religions --- Religion and politics --- 291.6 --- History. --- Godsdienstwetenschap: religieuze organisatie; religieuze personen --- 291.6 Godsdienstwetenschap: religieuze organisatie; religieuze personen --- History --- alexander the great. --- ashoka. --- baghdad. --- brahmins. --- buddha. --- buddhism. --- caliphate. --- caste system. --- catholicism. --- china. --- christianity. --- church. --- comparative religion. --- confucius. --- constantine. --- dharma. --- dome of the rock. --- eastern religion. --- egypt. --- gandhi. --- hagia sophia. --- hinduism. --- india. --- islam. --- islamic empire. --- luther. --- monarchy. --- nonfiction. --- pius ix. --- politics. --- religion and politics. --- religion. --- religious freedom. --- religious leaders. --- religious reform. --- revolution. --- royalty. --- secularism. --- south asia. --- spirituality. --- theology. --- world history. --- world religion.

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Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki was a key figure in the introduction of Buddhism to the non-Asian world. Many outside of Japan encountered Buddhism for the first time through his writings and teaching, and for nearly a century his work and legacy have contributed to the ongoing religious and cultural interchange between Japan and the rest of the world, particularly the United States and Europe. Selected Works of D. T. Suzuki gathers the full range of Suzuki's writings-both classic essays and lesser-known but equally significant articles. This first volume in the series presents a collection of Suzuki's writings on Zen Buddhist thought and practice. In an effort to ensure the continued relevance of Zen, Suzuki drew on his years of study and practice, placing the tradition into conversation with key trends in nineteenth- and twentieth-century thought. Richard M. Jaffe's in-depth introduction situates Suzuki's approach to Zen in the context of modern developments in religious thought, practice, and scholarship. The romanization of Buddhist names and technical terms has been updated, and Chinese and Japanese characters, which were removed from many post-World War II editions of Suzuki's work, have been reinstated. This will be a valuable edition of Suzuki's writings for contemporary scholars and students of Buddhism.

Zen Buddhism. --- Chʻan Buddhism --- Dhyāna (Sect) --- Zen --- Zen (Sect) --- Buddhism --- Mahayana Buddhism --- Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro, --- Suzuki, Daisetsu --- Suzuki, D.T. --- 鈴木大拙貞太郎 --- 鈴木貞太郎 --- 19th century japanese thought. --- 20th century japanese thought. --- asian religions. --- asian religious thought. --- buddha. --- buddhism. --- chan. --- daisetsu teitaro suzuki. --- dt suzuki. --- far eastern philosophy. --- japan. --- japanese religion. --- japanese zen. --- japanese. --- legacy. --- major world religion. --- meditation. --- religion studies. --- religion. --- religious studies. --- religious teachings. --- shin. --- siddhartha gautama. --- spiritual practices. --- spirituality. --- writings and teachings. --- zen buddhism. --- zen.

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Visual culture was an essential part of ancient social, religious, and political life. Appearance and experience of beings and things was of paramount importance. In Visual Power in Ancient Greece and Rome, Tonio Hölscher explores the fundamental phenomena of Greek and Roman visual culture and their enormous impact on the ancient world, considering memory over time, personal appearance, conceptualization and representation of reality, and significant decoration as fundamental categories of art as well as of social practice. With an emphasis on public spaces such as sanctuaries, agora and forum, Hölscher investigates the ways in which these spaces were used, viewed, and experienced in religious rituals, political manifestations, and social interaction.

Vision --- Vision --- Visual perception --- Visual perception --- Social aspects --- History. --- Social aspects --- History. --- Social aspects --- History. --- Social aspects --- History. --- Greece --- Rome --- Social life and customs. --- Social life and customs. --- agora. --- ancient greece. --- ancient politics. --- ancient religion. --- ancient rome. --- ancient world. --- antiquity. --- classical world. --- classical. --- communication. --- community. --- decoration. --- forum. --- greece. --- memory. --- personal appearance. --- political. --- politics. --- public spaces. --- reality. --- religion. --- religious rituals. --- religious studies. --- sanctuaries. --- sanctuary. --- social practice. --- social studies. --- visual culture. --- world religion.