Ascetic culture : renunciation and worldly engagement / edited by K. Ishwaran.
Contributor(s): Ishwaran, K. (Karigoudar)
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TextSeries: International studies in sociology and social anthropology: v. 72.Publisher: Leiden, the Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 1999Description: 160 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9004114122Subject(s): Asceticism -- Comparative studiesDDC classification: 291.4/47 LOC classification: BL625 | .A834 1999Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Ascetic Culture: renunciation and worldly engagement / Jordan Paper -- Zoroastrian perception of ascetic culture / S.A. Nigosian -- Tradition and modernity in Protestant Christianity / Alan Davies -- Theravada Buddhism and modernization: Anagarika Dhammapala and B.R. Ambedkar / Balkrishna G. Gokhale -- Eremitism in China / Jordan Paper -- "Dead men in sultry darkness": Western theory and the problematic of a baseline cultural motif in Islamic ascetic tradition / Earle H. Waugh -- Nath Yogis as established alternatives: householders and ascetics today / Daniel Gold -- The gift of food to a wandering cow: lay-mendicant interaction among the Jains / John E. Cort -- Modernity in Hindu monasticism: Swami Vivekananda and the Ramakrishna movement / David Miller -- Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism: the education of human emotions / Klaus K. Klostermaier -- Karma Saṃnyāsa: Sarkar's reconceptualization of Indian asceticism / Shaman Hatley and Sohail Inayatullah.