Jeffrey J. Kripal

Comparing Religions (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Comparing Religions is a next-generation textbook which expertly guides, inspires, and challenges those who wish to think seriously about religious pluralism in the modern world. * A unique book teaching the art and practice of comparing religions * Draws on a wide range of religious traditions to demonstrate the complexity and power of comparative practices * Provides both a history and understanding of comparative practice and a series of thematic chapters showing how responsible practice is done * A three part structure provides readers with a map and effective process through which to grasp this challenging but fascinating approach * The author is a leading academic, writer, and exponent of comparative practice * Contains numerous learning features, including chapter outlines, summaries, toolkits, discussion questions, a glossary, and many images * Supported by a companion website (available on publication) at www.wiley.com/go/kripal, which includes information on individual religious traditions, links of other sites, an interview with the author, learning features, and much more

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781118281314
• Artikelnr.: 40376096

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey J. Kripal is the J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University. His most recent publications include Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal (2011); Authors of the Impossible: The Paranormal and the Sacred (2010); Esalen: America and the Religion of No Religion (2007); and The Serpent's Gift: Gnostic Reflections on the Study of Religion (2007).

Inhaltsangabe

Prologue: "Welcome to the Future" xvii

A Comment on the Cover Image and the Paintings xxvi

List of Illustrations xxvii

Acknowledgments ... and Color xxxi

Part I Prehistory, Preparation, and Perspective 1

Introduction: Beginnings 3

1 If Horses Had Hands: Comparative Practices in Global History 9

2 From the Bible to the Buddha: Recent History of the Modern Practice 47

3 The Magic of Comparison: Reflexivity and Some Related Skills 87

Part II Comparative Acts 123

4 Telling and Performing the World: The Creative Functions of Myth and Ritual 125

5 The Super Natural: Religion, Nature, and Science 161

6 Seed and Soil: Sex, Race, and the Bodies of Religion 199

7 Transmitting the Power: Charisma, Society, Technology 239

8 Angels, Aliens, and Art: The Imagination and the Paranormal 275

9 The Human as Two: Soul, Salvation, and the End of All Things 313

Part III Putting It All Together Again 349

10 Faithful Rereadings: Exclusivism, Inclusivism, Pluralism, and Justice 353

11 Rational Rereadings: Masters of Suspicion, Classical and Contemporary 389

12 Reflexive Rereadings: Looking at the Looker 427

Epilogue: The Moonshot 465

Glossary 469

Index 483