Other religions and spiritual beliefs

This accessible guide to the development of Japan s indigenous religion from ancient times to the present day offers an illuminating introduction to the myths, sites and rituals of kami worship, and their role in Shinto s enduring religious identity.

For the first time, this influential study by Ludwig Alsdorf is made available to an English speaking audience, translated by Bal Patil.

How might we envision animism through the lens of the anthropology of anthropology ?

This book brings the emerging fields of practical theology and theology of the arts into a dialogue beyond the bias of modern systematic and constructive theology.

Confucian Reflections: Ancient Wisdom for Modern Times is about the early Chinese Confucian classic the "e;Analects"e; Lunyu, attributed to the founder of the Confucian tradition, Kongzi (551-479 bce) and who is more commonly referred to as "e;Confucius"e; in the West.

Encyclopaedia Of Jainism Iscompiled, Edited And Arranged In Alphabetical Order By A Renowned Orientalist Who Has Recreated With All The Splendour And Mystery Of Its Oriental Background.

This edited book brings together leading scholars in the field of Indigenous religions working with Indigenous Peoples from the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe to examine various Indigenous discourses, practices, and politics of movement, as they intersect with issues of religion and spirituality.

This book examines the academic legacy of the Han dynasty.

Bridging the mystical and the scientific for Maximum Medicine*; 2024 Coalition of Visionary Resources Gold and Silver Awards in separate categories*; 2024 Nautilus Silver Award*; Shows how applying shamanic and energy medicine techniques alongside allopathic medicine can shift your health and allow you to increase your life force*; Reveals how to sense the energy body in order to understand imbalances and develop greater control over your health*; Looks at new ways of viewing health challenges and visualizing the potential for healing using symbolic medicine wheels and the Andean symbol of the ChacanaFor more than 20 years, Dr.

This book examines community identity in the post-exilic temple community in Ezra-Nehemiah, and explores the possible influences that the Achaemenids, the ruling Persian dynasty, might have had on its construction.

Solidly grounded in Chinese primary sources, Neo Confucianism: Metaphysics, Mind, and Morality engages the latest global scholarship to provide an innovative, rigorous, and clear articulation of neo-Confucianism and its application to Western philosophy.

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This authoritative collection surveys the teachings of Confucius, and illustrates his importance throughout Chinese history in one focused and incisive volume.

Was haben Blues, Jazz, Soul, R&B, Rock’n’Roll, Folk, Country, Rock, Pop und Hip Hop gemeinsam?

At the center of a constellation of key ideas in East Asian philosophical traditions, there lies a conception of oneness among human beings.

'The way that can be told is not the eternal Way; the name that can be named is not the eternal Name.

This concise and accessible textbook introduces students to the anthropological study of religion.

Shamanism is one of the earliest and farthest-reaching magical and religious traditions, vestiges of which still underlie the major religious faiths of the modern world.

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.

How a hybrid Confucian-engendered form of governance might solve today's political problemsWhat might a viable political alternative to liberal democracy look like?

How have the goddesses of ancient myth survived, prevalent even now as literary and cultural icons?

This volume draws on a range of ethnographic and historical material to provide insight into witchcraft in sub-Saharan Africa.

The devotional poems of Annamayya (15th century) are perhaps the most accessible and universal achievement of classical Telugu literature, one of the major literatures of pre-modern India.

This book-length ethnography of the revival of a popular religious temple in contemporary rural China examines the organizational and cultural logics that inform the staging of popular religious activities.

The Bhagavad Gita, the classic spiritual text more than five thousand years old, has often been called India's greatest contribution to the world.

This is the first book-length treatment of supplication, an important social practice in ancient Mediterranean civilizations.

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are enabling the construction of "e;digital ghosts"e;: algorithmic reconstructions of deceased individuals based on patterns of interaction in their text messages, social media posts, and other personal data.

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?

Giordano Bruno's visit to Elizabethan England in the 1580s left its imprint on many fields of contemporary culture, ranging from the newly-developing science, the philosophy of knowledge and language, to the extraordinary flowering of Elizabethan poetry and drama.

This volume presents students and scholars with a comprehensive overview of the fascinating world of the occult.

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.

With extensive research and creative interpretations, Dasan's Noneo gogeum ju (Old and New Commentaries of the Analects) has been evaluated in Korean Studies as a crystallization of his studies on the Confucian classics.

Using the works and theories of Carl Gustav Jung and the astrologers Alan Leo, Dane Rudhyar and Liz Greene, this volume provides a cultural history of psychological astrology in the twentieth century, demonstrating the prevalence of 'magic' in modern culture through its presence in astrology.

Over a century much of Africa south of the Sahara embraced the Christian religion.

Taoism for Beginners is a practical guide to applying the key notions, concepts and beliefs underlying Taoism's various branches and schools.

This title was originally published in 1976.

Auf den ersten Blick ist die asiatische Religionsgeschichte reich an Begegnungen von Religionen.

An intimate portrait of Evola and his wartime activities that rebuts many of the Fascist pseudo-myths about him *; Traces the Baron's activities in Italy, Germany, and Austria during World War II *; Clarifies Evola's relations with Nazism and Fascism and reveals how he passionately rejected both ideologies because they were totalitarian *; Draws on personal conversations with those who knew Evola, new documentation never before made public, and letters from the Hakl and Scaligero archives Baron Giulio Cesare Andrea Evola, known to the English-speaking world as Julius Evola (18981974), was an Italian philosopher, magician, painter, occultist, Orientalist, linguist, and champion mountain climber.

Many Peoples, Many Faiths places the world's religions in historical context, illustrating the complex dynamic of each religion over time, while also presenting current beliefs, practices, and group formations.

In Making African Christianity author Robert J.

Mental illness complicates views of agency and moral responsibility in ethics.

Part of the series Key Concepts in Indigenous Studies, this book focuses on the concepts that recur in any discussion of nature, culture and society among the indigenous.