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The Indian Way: An Introduction to the Philosophies & Religions of India de John M Koller

The Indian Way: An Introduction to the Philosophies & Religions of India

Autor John M Koller
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 dec 2004
There is no other book that explains both the philosophies and religions of India in their full historical development. The Indian Way is accessible to beginning students, and does justice to the Indian tradition’s richness of religious and philosophical thought. Clear and powerful explanations of yajna and dharma, and appealing, intimate descriptions of Krishna, Kali, and Shiva allow students to read some of the great Indian texts for themselves.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780131455788
ISBN-10: 0131455788
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Ediția:Nouă
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Undergraduate

Cuprins

  1. Introduction: Diversity, Change, and Community.
  2. Roots of the Indian Way: Indus and Vedic Beginnings.
  3. Creation and Celebration in the Vedas.
  4. Liberating Knowledge: The Upanisads.
  5. Self and Society: Norms of Life.
  6. The Jaina Vision.
  7. The Way of the Buddha.
  8. Yoga.
  9. The Bhagavad Gita.
10. Devotional Hinduism: God as Joy, Love, and Beauty.
11. Devotional Hinduism: Kali and Shiva.
12. Systematic Philosophy: Bondage, Liberation, and Causality.
13. Systematic Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality.
14. Islam in India.
15. The Faith of the Sikhs.
16. Renaissance in India.
17. Prospects for the Future.
Glossary.
Index.

Notă biografică

John M. Koller is a Professor of Asian and Comparative Philosophy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Descriere

For courses in Asian Philosophy, the Philosophies of India, and the History of India.
 
There is no other book that explains both the philosophies and religions of India in their full historical development. The Indian Way is accessible to beginning students, and does justice to the Indian tradition’s richness of religious and philosophical thought. Clear and powerful explanations of yajna and dharma, and appealing, intimate descriptions of Krishna, Kali, and Shiva allow students to read some of the great Indian texts for themselves.

Caracteristici

NEW—New introductory material–Presents contemporary Indian religious and social through personal vignettes.
~Allows students a glimpse into India life right at the beginning of the text.
NEW—New chronological tables and charts.
~Enable students to see at a glance important events and ideas.
NEW–New concluding chapter on present-day India.
~Provides students a picture of India today and a sense of India’s future.
NEW—New suggested readings and websites.
~Direct students and instructors to the most important information on the topics covered in each chapter.
Clear explanations–Describes both the philosophical and religious significance of the major ideas of Indian thought.
~Helps students and instructors appreciate the integration of Indian thought.
Quotes many of the great sayings of India’s most important texts–Includes the Rg Veda, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad Gita, Manu, and the Puranas, for example.
~Allows students to confront the original texts; careful explanations guide their reading.
An emphasis and clarification of the questions that gave rise to the visions and systems that constitute the great Indian traditions.
~Enables students to enter imaginatively into the conversations and dialogues that shaped Indian thought..