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Philosophical anthropology --- Religious studies --- Anthropology of religion. --- Religion and culture. --- Anthropologie religieuse --- Religion et culture --- 291.22 --- Godsdienstwetenschap: doctrines over mens en ziel --- 291.22 Godsdienstwetenschap: doctrines over mens en ziel --- Homme (théologie)

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A rich source for comparative studies of the 'body', and of its relation to society. This book aims to highlight the distinctive and unfamiliar ways in which diverse religious traditions understand the 'body', and also, in doing this, to raise to greater consciousness some of the assumptions and problems of contemporary attitudes to it. It brings together essays by established experts in the history of religion, the social sciences, and philosophy. Part I is devoted to an analysis of current secularized discourses on the 'body', and to exposing both their anti-religious and their covertly religious content. Parts II and III provide essays on traditional 'Western' and 'Eastern' religious attitudes to the 'body'. Each contributor focuses on some (especially characteristic) devotional practices or relevant texts; each carefully outlines the total context in which a distinctive religious attitude to 'bodiliness' occurs. The result is a rich source for comparative studies of the 'body', and of its relation to society and to the divine.

Human body --- 291.22 --- 291.22 Godsdienstwetenschap: doctrines over mens en ziel --- Godsdienstwetenschap: doctrines over mens en ziel --- Body, Human (in religion, folk-lore, etc.) --- Religious aspects --- Religious studies --- Corps humain --- Aspect religieux --- godsdienst (religie, religieuze aspecten) --- lichaam --- religion (aspects religieux) --- corps

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The idea that there is a truth within the person linked to the discovery of a deeper, more fundamental, more authentic self has been a common theme in many religions throughout history and an idea that is still with us today. This inwardness or interiority unique to me as an essential feature of who I am has been an aspect of culture and even a defining characteristic of human being; an authentic, private sphere to which we can retreat that is beyond the conflicts of the outer world. This inner world becomes more real than the outer, which is seen as but a pale reflection. Remarkably, the image of the truth within is found across cultures, and this book presents an account of this idea in the pre-modern history of Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Furthermore, in theistic religions, Christianity, and some forms of Hinduism, the truth within is conflated with the idea of God within, and in all cases this inner truth is thought to be not only the heart of the person, but also the heart of the universe itself. Gavin Flood examines the metaphor of inwardness and the idea of truth within, along with the methods developed in religions to attain it such as prayer and meditation. These views of inwardness that link the self to cosmology can be contrasted with a modern understanding of the person. In examining the truth within in Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism, Flood offers a hermeneutical phenomenology of inwardness and a defence of comparative religion.

Introspection --- Spiritual life --- 291.22 --- Spiritual life (Hinduism) --- Spiritual life (Buddhism) --- Spiritual life (Lamaism) --- 291.22 Godsdienstwetenschap: doctrines over mens en ziel --- Godsdienstwetenschap: doctrines over mens en ziel --- Religious aspects. --- Christianity. --- Buddhism. --- Hinduism. --- Hindu authors --- Self --- Christianity and other religions --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- Buddhism --- Hinduism --- Introspection - Religious aspects. --- Self - Religious aspects. --- Spiritual life - Christianity. --- Spiritual life - Buddhism. --- Spiritual life - Hinduism.

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Late antiquity is increasingly recognised as a period of important cultural transformation. One of its crucial aspects is the emergence of a new awareness of human individuality. In this book, the authors assess the influence of seminal thinkers, including the Gnostics, Plotinus, and Augustine, but also of cultural and religious practices such as astrology and monasticism, as well as, more generally, the role played by intellectual disciplines such as grammar and Christian theology. The volume serves as a comprehensive introduction to late antique understandings of human individuality.

Individuality. --- Individualism. --- Individualism --- Individuality --- 291.22 --- Psychology --- Conformity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Likes and dislikes --- Personality --- Self --- Economics --- Equality --- Political science --- Self-interest --- Sociology --- Libertarianism --- Personalism --- Persons --- 291.22 Godsdienstwetenschap: doctrines over mens en ziel --- Godsdienstwetenschap: doctrines over mens en ziel --- Intellectual life --- Individualité. --- Vie intellectuelle --- History --- Religious aspects --- Christianity --- History. --- Histoire. --- Aspect religieux --- Christianisme --- Individualité.

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A comparative general study of the problems of suffering as treated by Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Marxism, Hinduism and Buddhism.

Suffering --- #GOSA:V.HedT.MAR.M --- #GOSA:XV.Alg.M --- #GOSA:XV.Boed.M --- #GOSA:XV.Hin.M --- #GOSA:XV.Isl.M --- #GOSA:XV.Jod.M --- #GOSA:XV.Mani.M --- 291.22 --- 291.22 Godsdienstwetenschap: doctrines over mens en ziel --- Godsdienstwetenschap: doctrines over mens en ziel --- Religious aspects --- Arts and Humanities --- Religion --- Religious aspects.