Liberale Theologie heute - Liberal Theology Today (Dogmatik in der Moderne, #27)
Mit dem Namen "Liberale Theologie" verbindet sich der Aufbruch protestantischer Stroemungen im 19. Jahrhundert, die sich um eine Vermittlung zwischen der Moderne und dem Christentum bemuhten.Offensichtlich ist an dem Programm liberaler Theologie etwas von bleibender Anziehungskraft fur alle, die das Christentum mit einer zwar nicht unkritischen, aber letztlich doch positiven Bewertung der Moderne in Einklang bringen moechten. Dieser Band vereint Beitrage der internationalen Tagung "Liberale Theo...
This reference dispels widespread stereotypes of Hinduism, clearly and accessibly explaining the complex truths behind these stereotypes, with backing from historical sources as well as contemporary scholarship. Do Hindus worship cows? Why do Hindu gods have so many arms? What is the caste system, and why do Hindus practice it? How is yoga related to Hinduism? This book not only answers questions like these but digs into how the questions themselves are often based on misunderstandings of a sub...
Bildung gilt als "Megathema" der Moderne. Aber auch in Kulturen der Vormoderne sind Prozesse der Sozialisation, der Formation und der Initiation zu beobachten. Der vorliegende Band fokussiert diese Beobachtungen unter dem modernen Stichwort "Bildung", um ein differenziertes Instrumentarium fur vergleichende Untersuchungen vormoderner Kulturen - von der griechischen Antike bis zum europaischen Mittelalter und zum Klassischen Islam - zu entwickeln. Insbesondere kommt dabei religioeses Bildungshand...
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org. The Emergence of Modern Hinduism argues for the importance of regional, vernacular innovation in processes of Hindu modernization. Scholars usually trace the emergence of modern Hinduism to cosmopolitan reform movements, producing accounts that overemphasize the centrality of elite religion and the influence of Western ideas and models. In this study, the author considers religious change on the margins of...
Das Verhaltnis 'Judentum - entstehendes Christentum' ist von bleibender Aktualitat und Brisanz. Dabei wird ein Aspekt zumeist gar nicht oder nur am Rande behandelt: die Bedeutung der Roemer fur die getrennten oder gemeinsamen Wege von Juden und Christen. Die Roemer hatten als bestimmende politische Macht naturlich auch einen grossen Einfluss auf die kulturell-religioesen Entwicklungen in ihrem Reich, zumal sie uber einen klaren Religionsbegriff verfugten und ihre Herrschaft auf die Gunst der Goe...
Today numbering more than twelve million people, the Virasaivas constitute a vibrant south-Indian community renowned for its bhakti (devotional) religiosity and for its entrenched resistance to traditional Brahminical values. For eight centuries this tradition produced a vast and original body of literature, composed mostly in the Kannada language. Siva's Saints introduces the Ragalegalu, a foundational and previously unexplored work produced in the early thirteenth century. As the first writt...
An annotated translation of Nandadasa’s poetic rendition of the five chapters of rasa-lila in the Bhagavata, highlighting the text’s musical legacy, devotional worship, and Vedantic foundations. Maharasa Manjusa: Sacred Poetry of the Divine Dance provides translation and scholarly commentary of Nandadasa’s five chapters of rasa-lila, collectively known as the rasapancadhyayi. In the Vaisnava tradition propounded by Vallabhacarya, Nandadasa is considered to be one of the eight devotional poet...
The Bhagavad Gita (The Esoteric Library, #207) (Arcturus Classics)
by Vyasa
Hanuman ou le chemin du vent (Contes Et Legendes de l'Inde, #3)
by Christine Devin
The Reign of the Vedic Gods (Galaxy of Hindu Gods, #1)
by Swami Achuthananda
Jagannatha & the Gajapati Kings of Orissa
by Gaganendranath Dash and Ranjan Kumar Das
Temple manuscripts on the cult of Jagannātha and the times of Mukunda Deba, fl. 1559-1568, Gajapati king of Orissa.
Valmiki Ramayan Simplified Part 2 (Indian Mythology, #2)
by Krishnakumar T K
Drawing on the original Sanskrit words of the great poet Valmiki, enhanced with tales from the oral tradition, Vanamali retells the complete Ramayana, the ancient Indian tale of love, duty, and sacrifice, for a modern audience. Detailing the life and dharma of the seventh incarnation of Vishnu, Lord Ramachandra, she explains how Rama became divine through strict adherence to dharma, the law of cosmic righteousness. Considered one of the greatest love stories of all time, the Ramayanamost famousl...
Krishnamacharya on Kundalini explores a distinctive teaching of 'the father of modern yoga', T. Krishnamacharya. Whereas most yoga traditions teach that kundalini is a serpentine energy that rises, Krishnamacharya defined it differently. To him, kundalini is a serpentine blockage which prevents prana (breath or life-force) from rising and which represents avidya (spiritual ignorance). Simon Atkinson draws from over 20 years of study and practice under teachers following Krishnamacharya. He combi...
Cyprus was a crossroads in the ancient eastern Mediterranean, a key location between east and west, in which Judaism, Greco-Roman religions, and Christianity intersected, and where Christianity came to flourish. Bringing together scholars of religion and archaeology to study Cyprus in antiquity, this volume's contributions cover a myriad of topics, including the mosaics of Cyprus, its silver treasures, religious tensions between Christians and others, the role of Epiphanius, the story of St. Bar...
Das Moselied des Deuteronomiums (Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe, #124)
by Petra Schmidtkunz
Petra Schmidtkunz widmet sich dem theologiegeschichtlichen Ort des "Moseliedes" (Dtn 32,1-43). Das Herzstuck der Analyse ist eine ausfuhrliche Motivkritik, die zeigt, dass das Lied grosse Teile des heutigen Alten Testaments bereits voraussetzt. Zu den uberlieferten Traditionen, die hier noch einmal neu formuliert werden, gehoeren der deutero-jesajanische Monotheismus und der im Deuteronomium geforderte Gebotsgehorsam. Um diese einsichtig zu machen, stutzt sich das Lied jedoch u.a. auf weisheitli...
The Bhagavad Gita,(Song of God), also more simply known as Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture that is part of the ancient Sanskrit epic the Mahabharata but is frequently treated as a freestanding text, and in particular, as an Upanishad in its own right, one of the several books that constitute general Vedic tradition. It is revealed scripture in the views of Hindus, which represents the words and message of God, the book is considered among the most important texts in the history of literatur...
