East Asian religions

Of the three main teachings in Chinese culture, Confucianism has exerted the most profound and lasting influence in China.

Daoism is a global religious and cultural phenomenon characterized by multiculturalism and ethnic diversity.

Daoism is a global religious and cultural phenomenon characterized by multiculturalism and ethnic diversity.

Frank Flanagan explores the significance for western liberal/democratic educational systems of the philosophy of Confucius.

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"e;Recollections of Journey Through Tartary, Thibet, and China During the Years 1844, 1845, and 1846"e; by Evariste Huc is an enthralling travel memoir that chronicles the author's remarkable expedition across some of the most remote and fascinating regions of Asia.

TheTao Te Ching is one of the more popularly translatedtexts of all historical Chinese writings.

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This book presents, for the first time, a collection of ancient Japanese Shinto prayers in a format where English speaking readers can both understand the deep meaning of the translated text and can also pronounce the original Japanese words.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der chinesischen Philosophie und entdecken Sie die tiefe Weisheit des Drachenprinzips – ein Symbol kosmischer Kräfte und spiritueller Harmonie, das seit Jahrtausenden das kulturelle Erbe Chinas prägt.

Perhaps the most important book yet written on meditation, the process of inner transformation, and the integration of spiritual practice into our Western way of life, A Path With Heart brings alive the possibilities of inner peace, wholeness and the achievement of happiness.

This pocket-size edition of the worlds first self-help guide--venerated for more than 3,000 years as a work of philosophy, mysticism, and, by some, divinatory power--features highlighted passages and reflective writing exercises aimed squarely at contemporary readers.

Frank Lloyd Wright first noted the affinity between modern Western architecture and the philosophy of the ancient Chinese writer Laotzu.

The intellectual legacy of Confucianism has loomed large in efforts to understand China's past, present, and future.

In Frontier Fictions, Firoozeh Kashani-Sabet looks at the efforts of Iranians to defend, if not expand, their borders in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and explores how their conceptions of national geography influenced cultural and political change.

How the I Ching became one of the most widely read and influential books in the worldThe I Ching originated in China as a divination manual more than three thousand years ago.

Did Chinese mysticism vanish after its first appearance in ancient Taoist philosophy, to surface only after a thousand years had passed, when the Chinese had adapted Buddhism to their own culture?

Yoga has come to be an icon of Indian culture and civilization, and it is widely regarded as being timeless and unchanging.

What a Confucian constitutional government might look like in China's political futureAs China continues to transform itself, many assume that the nation will eventually move beyond communism and adopt a Western-style democracy.

Despite the popularity of sport in contemporary China, the practice of physical education is not indigenous to its culture.

Despite the popularity of sport in contemporary China, the practice of physical education is not indigenous to its culture.

Well-being is topic of perennial concern.

Well-being is topic of perennial concern.

This volume explores how individuals use moral agency to craft the moral dispositions and moral capabilities needed for living well-lived lives.

This book conducts a comparative study between Confucian political philosophy and contemporary political philosophy in the analytic tradition.

Daoism: A Contemporary Philosophical Investigation explores philosophy of religion from a Daoist perspective.

Daoism: A Contemporary Philosophical Investigation explores philosophy of religion from a Daoist perspective.

While indeterminacy is a recurrent theme in philosophy, less progress has been made in clarifying its significance for various philosophical and interdisciplinary contexts.

While indeterminacy is a recurrent theme in philosophy, less progress has been made in clarifying its significance for various philosophical and interdisciplinary contexts.

Traditional Chinese philosophy, if engaged at all, is often regarded as an object of antiquated curiosity and dismissed as unimportant in the current age of globalization.

Traditional Chinese philosophy, if engaged at all, is often regarded as an object of antiquated curiosity and dismissed as unimportant in the current age of globalization.

Although our moral lives would be unrecognisable without them, roles have received little attention from analytic moral philosophers.

Although our moral lives would be unrecognisable without them, roles have received little attention from analytic moral philosophers.

Hylomorphism is a metaphysical theory that explains the unity of material objects through a special immaterial part, a 'form'.

Hylomorphism is a metaphysical theory that explains the unity of material objects through a special immaterial part, a 'form'.

A major figure in the Anglo-American analytic tradition, Ernest Sosa is a pioneer of contemporary virtue epistemology.

A major figure in the Anglo-American analytic tradition, Ernest Sosa is a pioneer of contemporary virtue epistemology.

In Philosophical Enactment and Bodily Cultivation in Early Daoism, Thomas Michael illuminates the formative early history of the Daodejing and the social, political, religious, and philosophical trends that indelibly marked it.

Through extensive use of primary resources and fieldwork, this detailed study examines overseas Shinto shrines and their complex role in the colonization and modernization of newly Japanese lands and subjects.

Through extensive use of primary resources and fieldwork, this detailed study examines overseas Shinto shrines and their complex role in the colonization and modernization of newly Japanese lands and subjects.

The study of religions is essential for understanding other cultures, building a sense of belonging in a multicultural world and fostering a global intercultural dialogue.

The study of religions is essential for understanding other cultures, building a sense of belonging in a multicultural world and fostering a global intercultural dialogue.