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Hinduism. --- #A0311R --- Hinduism --- 294.5 --- Religions --- Brahmanism --- 294.5 Hindoeïsme--(in strikte zin) --- 294.5 Hindoeïsme:--verder in te delen zoals 291.1/.8 --- Hindoeïsme--(in strikte zin) --- Hindoeïsme:--verder in te delen zoals 291.1/.8 --- colonialism --- Orientalism --- Sanskrit textual traditions --- historical development of Hinduism --- Indian sciences --- philosophy --- theology --- politics

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This book provides a much-needed thematic and historical introduction to Hinduism, the religion of the majority of people in India. Dr. Flood traces the development of Hindu traditions from ancient origins and the major deities to the modern world. Hinduism as both a global religion and a form of nationalism are discussed. Emphasis is given to the tantric traditions, which have been so influential; to Hindu ritual, more fundamental than belief or doctrine; and to Dravidian influences. It introduces some debates within contemporary scholarship.

294.5 --- 294.5 Hindoeïsme--(in strikte zin) --- 294.5 Hindoeïsme:--verder in te delen zoals 291.1/.8 --- Hindoeïsme--(in strikte zin) --- Hindoeïsme:--verder in te delen zoals 291.1/.8 --- Dharma --- Hinduism. --- Hinduism --- Religions --- Brahmanism --- Tantrism --- Religious life --- Hindouisme --- Tantrisme --- Vie religieuse --- History --- Rituals --- Histoire --- Rituel --- yoga --- narrative traditions --- Vaisnavism --- Visnu --- Saiva --- tantric religion --- the Goddess --- Saktra traditions --- Hindu rituals --- Hindu theology --- Hindu philosophy

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"Religion and the Philosophy of Life considers how religion as the source of civilization transforms the fundamental bio-sociology of humans through language and the somatic exploration of religious ritual and prayer. Gavin Flood offers an integrative account of the nature of the human, based on what contemporary scientists tell us, especially evolutionary science and social neuroscience, as well as through the history of civilizations. Part one contemplates fundamental questions and assumptions: what the current state of knowledge is concerning life itself; what the philosophical issues are in that understanding; and how we can explain religion as the driving force of civilizations in the context of human development within an evolutionary perspective. It also addresses the question of the emergence of religion and presents a related study of sacrifice as fundamental to religions' views about life and its transformation. Part two offers a reading of religions in three civilizational blocks-India, China, and Europe/the Middle East-particularly as they came to formation in the medieval period. It traces the history of how these civilizations have thematised the idea of life itself. Part three then takes up the idea of a life force in part three and traces the theme of the philosophy of life through to modern times. On the one hand, the book presents a narrative account of life itself through the history of civilizations, and on the other presents an explanation of that narrative in terms of life.""--

Religious studies --- Comparative religion --- Religion and civilization --- Civilization --- Philosophy and religion --- 291 --- 291 Godsdienstwetenschap: vergelijkend --- 291 Science et histoire comparée des religions --- Godsdienstwetenschap: vergelijkend --- Science et histoire comparée des religions --- Christianity and philosophy --- Religion and philosophy --- Religion --- Philosophy and civilization --- Civilization and religion --- History --- Philosophy

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Tantrism --- Body, Human --- Tantrism

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An authoritative collection on the history of Hindu religious practices. Hindu Practice considers traditions of asceticism, yoga, and devotion, including dance and music, developed in Hinduism over long periods of time.

Hinduism. --- Hinduism.