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The religious traditions of Asia : religion, history, and culture / [edited by] Joseph M. Kitagawa.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hoboken : Routledge, Taylor and Francis, [2013]Description: 1 online resource (385 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781136875908
  • 1136875905
  • 129985169X
  • 9781299851696
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religious Traditions of Asia.DDC classification:
  • 291.095 291/.095 22
LOC classification:
  • BL1032 .R47 2013
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; The Religious Traditions of Asia: Religion, History, and Culture; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA; 1 HINDUISM; 2 BUDDHISM -- IN INDIA; 3 JAINISM; 4 THE SIKHS; 5 BUDDHISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA; 6 ISLAM IN SOUTH ASIA; 7 ISLAM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA; PART TWO INNER ASIA AND TIBET; 8 THE RELIGIONS OF TIBET; 9 THE SCHOOLS OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM; 10 BON; 11 THE RELIGIONS OF INNER ASIA; 12 ISLAM IN CENTRAL ASIA; PART THREE EAST ASIA; 13 CHINESE RELIGION; 14 JAPANESE RELIGION; 15 KOREAN RELIGION; 16 BUDDHISM IN KOREA; 17 ISLAM IN CHINA; CONTRIBUTORS.
Summary: This essential student textbook consists of seventeen sections, all written by leading scholars in their different fields. They cover all the religious traditions of Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Tibet, and East Asia. The major traditions that are described and discussed are (from the Southwest) Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Islam, and (from the East) Taoism, Confucianism and Shinto. In addition, the tradition of Bon in Tibet, the shamanistic religions of Inner Asia, and general Chinese, Korean and Japanese religion are also given full coverage. The emphasis througho.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)638945

Cover; The Religious Traditions of Asia: Religion, History, and Culture; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA; 1 HINDUISM; 2 BUDDHISM -- IN INDIA; 3 JAINISM; 4 THE SIKHS; 5 BUDDHISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA; 6 ISLAM IN SOUTH ASIA; 7 ISLAM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA; PART TWO INNER ASIA AND TIBET; 8 THE RELIGIONS OF TIBET; 9 THE SCHOOLS OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM; 10 BON; 11 THE RELIGIONS OF INNER ASIA; 12 ISLAM IN CENTRAL ASIA; PART THREE EAST ASIA; 13 CHINESE RELIGION; 14 JAPANESE RELIGION; 15 KOREAN RELIGION; 16 BUDDHISM IN KOREA; 17 ISLAM IN CHINA; CONTRIBUTORS.

This essential student textbook consists of seventeen sections, all written by leading scholars in their different fields. They cover all the religious traditions of Southwest Asia, Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Tibet, and East Asia. The major traditions that are described and discussed are (from the Southwest) Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism and Islam, and (from the East) Taoism, Confucianism and Shinto. In addition, the tradition of Bon in Tibet, the shamanistic religions of Inner Asia, and general Chinese, Korean and Japanese religion are also given full coverage. The emphasis througho.

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