Interpretations of the Bhagavad-Gita and Images Of: The Song of the Lord
by Catherine A Robinson
Buddhisten Und Hindus Im Deutschsprachigen Raum (Religionswissenschaft / Studies in Comparative Religion, #11)
Seit dem 19. Jahrhundert sind Hinduismus und Buddhismus ein Thema der mitteleuropaischen Geistesgeschichte, und seit einigen Jahrzehnten gibt es auch hinduistische und buddhistische Gemeinschaften im deutschsprachigen Raum - getragen nicht nur von Migranten, sondern zunehmend auch von Konvertiten. Aus religionsgeschichtlicher und religionssoziologischer Perspektive kann man daher fragen, wie weit sich diese Religionen durch Anpassungen oder Neuinterpretationen in Mitteleuropa verandern oder welc...
Belief, Bounty, and Beauty (Numen Book, #108) (Numen Books: Studies in the History of Religions, #108)
by Albertina Nugteren
This study is focused on the interaction of material and symbolic values in the domain of sacred trees in India. By presenting samples from 3,000 years of Indian ritual practice, it is shown that in many sacred geographies trees continue to connect the present with the past, the material with the symbolic, and the contemporary ecological with the traditionally sacred. Although in India religion may have become very much a temple cult, its embeddedness in the natural world enhances today's 'green...
Theo-Monistic Mysticism (Library of Philosophy and Religion)
by Michael Stoeber
In response to some of the current explanations of mystic phenomena, this book proposes an interpretive framework for understanding mysticism. It clarifies various kinds of mystical experiences, suggesting they are not wholly determined by subjective categories of interpretation, and illustrates how they can be synthesized in a theistic, mystic teleology. In reference to Ramanuja, Aurobinodo, Sankara, Eckhart, Ruusbroec and Boehme, monistic experiences are understood to culminate in higher theis...
Niels Hemmingsen (1513-1600) is one of the most influential Danish theologians in history. As a professor at the University of Copenhagen, Hemmingsen played an important role in moulding Danish society according to his understanding of Lutheranism during the second half of the sixteenth century. Drawing on sociology of knowledge, cultural memory, and confessional culture, Mattias Skat Sommer examines Hemmingsen's works and life in political and theological contexts. By studying Hemmingsen's role...
More and more attention is being paid to diet and exercise these days. It's all about the importance of keeping the body healthy, and even the government supports this as it sees how neglect in these areas leads to more illness in the longer term, and higher costs in running the national health sector.Paradoxically, the more attention is being paid to the physical aspects of the human being, less time and attention seems to be paid to spiritual well being. With "Thought for Today" we have a read...