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Birds as ornithologists : scholarship between faith and reason : intra- and inter-disciplinary perspectives / edited by, Orna Almogi.
LIBRA BL51 .B5835 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- "Birds as Ornithologists: Scholarship Between Faith and Reason" (Conference) (2017 : Theg-mchog rnam-grol bshad-sgrub dar-rgyas-gling, Monastery, Bylakuppe, India), author.
- Series:
- Indian and Tibetan studies ; 8
- Language:
- English
- Sanskrit
- Tibetan
- Subjects (All):
- Faith and reason--Congresses.
- Faith and reason.
- Faith and reason--Buddhism--Congresses.
- Faith and reason--Judaism--Congresses.
- Buddhist philosophy--Congresses.
- Buddhist philosophy.
- Faith and reason--Buddhism.
- Faith and reason--Judaism.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 394 pages ; 25 cm.
- Distribution:
- New Delhi, India : Printing and distribution, Aditya Prakashan
- Place of Publication:
- Hamburg, Germany : Department of Indian and Tibetan Studies, Universität Hamburg, 2020.
- Language Note:
- Includes passages in Sanskrit and Tibetan.
- Summary:
- Selected papers, presented at the conference titled "Birds as Ornithologists: Scholarship Between Faith and Reason", held at Theg-mchog rnam-grol bshad-sgrub dar-rgyas-gling, Monastery, Bylakuppe, India, July 23-25, 2017.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Secrecy in Buddhism / Dorji Wangchuk
- Ethical challenges and hermeneutical solutions: a comparative study with special reference to Rabbinic literature / Daniel Sperber
- Praying from the depths: themes of struggle and uncertainty in pre-modem accounts of Jewish prayer / David C. Flatto
- The birth of "Mahāyāna Buddhism": how Shaku Sōen changed modem Buddhist Studies / Norihisa Baba
- Asset markets, the agency problem, and gifts to the early Medieval Buddhist Saṅgha in India / P.V. Viswanath
- Faith in ideology versus academic rationality: a case study / Mahesh A. Deokar.
- Notes:
- Contributed articles.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten International Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9783945151075
- 3945151074
- OCLC:
- 1226800709
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