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2007026160 alternative "On world religions".
2007026160 contributor B10780170.
2007026160 contributor B10780171.
2007026160 created "c2009.".
2007026160 date "2009".
2007026160 date "c2009.".
2007026160 dateCopyrighted "c2009.".
2007026160 description "Includes bibliographical references and indexes.".
2007026160 description "The Ninian Smart archive and bibliography: p. [357]-401.".
2007026160 description "v. 1. Religious experience and philosophical analysis. I. Autobiographical. 'Methods in my life' -- II. Religious experience and the logic of religious discourse. 'The comparative logical analysis of religious doctrines' -- 'Empiricism and religions' -- 'Understanding religious experience' -- III. Mystical experience. 'Interpretation and mystical experience' -- 'The purification of consciousness and the negative path' -- 'What would Buddhaghosa have made of The cloud of unknowing?' -- IV. Comparative studies. 'Numen, Nirvana, and the definition of religion' -- 'What is religion?' -- 'Theravāda Buddhism and the definition of religion' -- 'The work of the Buddha and the work of Christ' -- 'The logos doctrine and Eastern beliefs' -- 'The comparative view of the person : East and West' -- 'Buddhism and the death of God' -- 'Types of religious liberation : an implicit critique of modern politics' -- V. Religious studies and religious education : method and theory in the study of religions. 'Religion as a discipline?' -- 'What is comparative religion?' -- 'The structure of the comparative study of religion' -- 'Scientific studies of religion' -- 'Religious studies and the comparative perspective -- 'The study of religion as a multidisciplinary and cross-cultural presence among the human sciences' -- 'Comparative religion clichés : crushing the clichés about comparative religion and then accentuating the positive value of the new religious education' -- 'The political implications of religious studies' -- VI. Religious ethics. 'Gods, bliss and morality' -- 'The ethics of Chinese communism' -- 'Clarity and imagination as Buddhist means to virtue' -- 'Religious values and the university' -- 'Sacred civilities' -- 'A global ethics arising from the epistemology of religious and similar value-systems' --".
2007026160 description "v. 2. Traditions and the challenges of modernity. I. Individual traditions. Buddhism. 'Mysticism and scripture in Theravāda Buddhism' -- 'Theravāda and processes : Nirvāṇa as a meta-process' -- 'The dramatic effect of the Buddha on Western theories of religion' -- Hinduism. 'Indian arguments about the existence of God' -- 'The analogy of meaning and the tasks of comparative philosophy' -- 'Swami Vivekananda as a philosopher' -- 'Integral knowledge and the four theories of existence' -- Chinese religions/worldviews. 'Reflections on Chinese religious and other worldviews in regard to modernization' -- 'Moaism and religion' -- 'The bounds of religion and the transition from the Tao to Mao' -- Christianity. 'Myth and transcendence' -- Islam. Islamic responses to the West -- Salman Rushdie in a plural world -- Shamanism. 'The twenty-first century and small peoples' -- New religious movements. Distinctively Californian spiritual movements -- II. Worldview analysis : religions in the modern world. 'Religion and polity : reflections on the history of religions and the analysis of politics : a question of definition' -- 'Religion and nationalism in India and Sri Lanka' -- 'Buddhism, Sri Lanka, and the prospects for peace' -- 'The importance of diasporas' -- III. Christian theology of religions and interfaith dialogue. 'Revelation, reason and religions' -- The relation between Christianity and the other great religions' -- 'God's body' -- 'Soft natural theology' -- IV. Plurality of religions : religious interpretations. 'The convergence of religions' -- 'A contemplation of absolutes' -- 'Models for understanding the relations between religions' -- 'Pluralism' -- V. Plurality of religions : ethico-political implications. 'On knowing what is uncertain' -- 'The epistemology of pluralism : the basis of liberal philosophy' -- 'Does a universal standard of value need to be higher-order?' -- 'Worldview-pluralism : an important paradox and its possible solution' -- VI. Conclusion. 'An ultimate vision.'".
2007026160 extent "xx, 406 :".
2007026160 identifier "0754640809 (v. 1 : alk. paper)".
2007026160 identifier "0754666387 (v. 2 : alk. paper)".
2007026160 identifier "0754666395 (set : alk. paper)".
2007026160 identifier "9780754640806 (v. 1 : alk. paper)".
2007026160 identifier "9780754666387 (v. 2 : alk. paper)".
2007026160 identifier "9780754666394 (set : alk. paper)".
2007026160 isPartOf "Ashgate contemporary thinkers on religion".
2007026160 issued "2009".
2007026160 issued "c2009.".
2007026160 language "eng".
2007026160 publisher "Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate,".
2007026160 subject "BL80.3 .S63 2007".
2007026160 subject "Religion.".
2007026160 subject "Religions.".
2007026160 tableOfContents "v. 1. Religious experience and philosophical analysis. I. Autobiographical. 'Methods in my life' -- II. Religious experience and the logic of religious discourse. 'The comparative logical analysis of religious doctrines' -- 'Empiricism and religions' -- 'Understanding religious experience' -- III. Mystical experience. 'Interpretation and mystical experience' -- 'The purification of consciousness and the negative path' -- 'What would Buddhaghosa have made of The cloud of unknowing?' -- IV. Comparative studies. 'Numen, Nirvana, and the definition of religion' -- 'What is religion?' -- 'Theravāda Buddhism and the definition of religion' -- 'The work of the Buddha and the work of Christ' -- 'The logos doctrine and Eastern beliefs' -- 'The comparative view of the person : East and West' -- 'Buddhism and the death of God' -- 'Types of religious liberation : an implicit critique of modern politics' -- V. Religious studies and religious education : method and theory in the study of religions. 'Religion as a discipline?' -- 'What is comparative religion?' -- 'The structure of the comparative study of religion' -- 'Scientific studies of religion' -- 'Religious studies and the comparative perspective -- 'The study of religion as a multidisciplinary and cross-cultural presence among the human sciences' -- 'Comparative religion clichés : crushing the clichés about comparative religion and then accentuating the positive value of the new religious education' -- 'The political implications of religious studies' -- VI. Religious ethics. 'Gods, bliss and morality' -- 'The ethics of Chinese communism' -- 'Clarity and imagination as Buddhist means to virtue' -- 'Religious values and the university' -- 'Sacred civilities' -- 'A global ethics arising from the epistemology of religious and similar value-systems' --".
2007026160 tableOfContents "v. 2. Traditions and the challenges of modernity. I. Individual traditions. Buddhism. 'Mysticism and scripture in Theravāda Buddhism' -- 'Theravāda and processes : Nirvāṇa as a meta-process' -- 'The dramatic effect of the Buddha on Western theories of religion' -- Hinduism. 'Indian arguments about the existence of God' -- 'The analogy of meaning and the tasks of comparative philosophy' -- 'Swami Vivekananda as a philosopher' -- 'Integral knowledge and the four theories of existence' -- Chinese religions/worldviews. 'Reflections on Chinese religious and other worldviews in regard to modernization' -- 'Moaism and religion' -- 'The bounds of religion and the transition from the Tao to Mao' -- Christianity. 'Myth and transcendence' -- Islam. Islamic responses to the West -- Salman Rushdie in a plural world -- Shamanism. 'The twenty-first century and small peoples' -- New religious movements. Distinctively Californian spiritual movements -- II. Worldview analysis : religions in the modern world. 'Religion and polity : reflections on the history of religions and the analysis of politics : a question of definition' -- 'Religion and nationalism in India and Sri Lanka' -- 'Buddhism, Sri Lanka, and the prospects for peace' -- 'The importance of diasporas' -- III. Christian theology of religions and interfaith dialogue. 'Revelation, reason and religions' -- The relation between Christianity and the other great religions' -- 'God's body' -- 'Soft natural theology' -- IV. Plurality of religions : religious interpretations. 'The convergence of religions' -- 'A contemplation of absolutes' -- 'Models for understanding the relations between religions' -- 'Pluralism' -- V. Plurality of religions : ethico-political implications. 'On knowing what is uncertain' -- 'The epistemology of pluralism : the basis of liberal philosophy' -- 'Does a universal standard of value need to be higher-order?' -- 'Worldview-pluralism : an important paradox and its possible solution' -- VI. Conclusion. 'An ultimate vision.'".
2007026160 title "Ninian Smart on world religions : traditions and the challenges of modernity / edited by John J. Shepherd.".
2007026160 title "On world religions".
2007026160 type "text".