Religious studies and comparative methodology : the case for reciprocal illumination / Arvind Sharma.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharma, Arvind.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion--Study and teaching.

Religion.

Religions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (323 p.)

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A contribution to the methodology of religious studies, this work discusses using comparison to provide mutual illumination among religious traditions while avoiding the problem of assimilating one tradition to another.

Contents:

Intro

Religious Studies and Comparative Methodology: The Case for Reciprocal Illumination

Contents

Introduction

Part I

1. Does One Religious Tradition Help Us Understand Another?

2. Does One Religious Tradition Help Us Understand Another?

3. Reciprocal Illumination as a Formal Concept

4. Reciprocal Illumination in Relation to the Lived Experience of Other Religions

5. Reciprocal Illumination and Comparative Religion

6. Reciprocal Illumination in Relation to the Views of W. C. Smith and Mircea Eliade

7. Reciprocal Illumination and the Historical Method

8. Reciprocal Illumination and the Phenomenological Method

9. Parallelisms between Hinduism and Christianity as Further Examples of Reciprocal Illumination

Part II

10. Reciprocal Illumination within a Tradition

11. Reciprocal Illumination between Traditions

12. Reciprocal Illumination among Traditions

13. Reciprocal Illumination among Types of Traditions

14. Reciprocal Illumination between Religion and the Secular Tradition

Part III

15. Reciprocal Illumination within a Method

16. The History of Religions

17. The Phenomenology of Religion and Buddhism

18. The Psychology of Religion and Buddhism

19. The Psychology of Religion and Hinduism

20. The Sociology of Religion and Hinduism

21. Reciprocal Illumination and the Dialogue of World Religions

Conclusion

Notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Notes to Conclusion

Author Index

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L

M

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P

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Subject Index

A

F.

G

I

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Q

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V

Y

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-297) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780791483251

0791483258

9781423744207

1423744209

OCLC:

461442560