Indian and Western Philosophical Concepts in Religion

This volume is based on innovative ideas coming from different Indic philosophies and how they can enrich the theory and methods in religious studies.

List of contents

Part I. Epistemological Encounters: East and West

The Dialogical and Therapeutic Paradigms in Indian Philosophy, by Karl-Stéphan Bouthillette

S¿¿khya and Yoga as an Indian Religious and Cultural Science, by Al Collins

The Notion of Play (L¿l¿) in Gaudiya Vai¿¿avism and Its Implications for the Western Understanding of Play, by Carl Olson

Part II. Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain Theories for Religion

Dharma: A Short History, by Pankaj Jain

Anthropology and Religious Studies through Buddhist Lens: Dissolution of the Observer and the Observed in Emptiness, by Soraj Hongladarom

Non-Reductive Integral Pluralism: Anek¿ntav¿da as a Methodology for the Study of Religions, by Jeffery D. Long

Mahayana Buddhism and the Social Sciences, by John Clammer

About the author

Edited by Pankaj Jain and Jeffery D. Long - Contributions by Karl-Stéphan Bouthillette; Al Collins; Carl Olson; Pankaj Jain; Soraj Hongladarom; Jeffery D. Long and John Clammer

Summary

This volume is based on innovative ideas coming from different Indic philosophies and how they can enrich the theory and methods in religious studies.

Product details

• Authors: Pankaj Long Jain
• Assisted by: Pankaj Jain (Editor), Jain Pankaj (Editor), Jeffery D. Long (Editor), Long Jeffery D. (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2023
• EAN: 9781793623157
• ISBN: 978-1-79362-315-7
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: Explorations in Indic Traditions: Theological, Ethical, and Philosophical
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Other world religions; PHILOSOPHY / Religious, comparative religion, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, Philosophy of religion, History of Western philosophy, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, East Asian and Indian philosophy, Oriental & Indian philosophy