Guardians of the Transcendent An Ethnography of a Jain Ascetic Community

Informationen zum Autor Anne Vallely is a part-time lecturer in the Departments of Anthropology and Religion at Concordia University, and in the Faculty of Religious Studies at McGill University. Klappentext Explores the many facets of what constitutes a moral life within the Terapanthi Svetambar Jain ascetic community, and examines the central role ascetics play in upholding the Jain moral order. Zusammenfassung Explores the many facets of what constitutes a moral life within the Terapanthi Svetambar Jain ascetic community! and examines the central role ascetics play in upholding the Jain moral order.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Anne Vallely
• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.11.2002
• Thema: Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Politik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Ethnologie > Völkerkunde
• EAN: 9780802035455
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-3545-5
• Anzahl Seiten: 320
• Serie: Anthropological Horizons; Anthropological Horizons (Univ > 22; Anthropological Horizons
• Themen: Sociology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social; Jainismus; RELIGION / Jainism