The relationship between religion and human rights is both complex and inextricable. While most of the world's religions have supported violence, repression, and prejudice, each has also played a crucial role in the modern struggle for universal human rights. Most importantly, r…
"The Bhagavad Gia is universally acknowledged as as one of the world's literary and spiritual masterpieces. It is the core text of the Hindu tradition ... This translation sings with the clarity, the vigor, and the intensity of the original Sanskrit."--Page 4 of cover
"The Bhagavad Gia is universally acknowledged as as one of the world's literary and spiritual masterpieces. It is the core text of the Hindu tradition ... This translation sings with the clarity, the vigor, and the intensity of the original Sanskrit."--Page 4 of cover
The author of the popular new English version of "Tao te Ching" brings his gift for bringing new life into ancient sacred texts to one of the world's greatest and most widely read scriptures. This gift edition includes two-color interior, colored endpapers, rough-cut pages, and …
Contains entries reflecting recent advances in scholarship which have raised new theoretical and methodological issues as well as identifying new areas of study which have not been addressed previously.
Contains over 900 entries reflecting recent advances in scholarship which have raised new theoretical and methodological issues as well as identifying new areas of study which have not been addressed previously.
Covering all aspects of Hinduism, this encyclopedia includes more ethnographic and contemporary material in contrast to the exclusively textual and historical approach of earlier works.
Covering all aspects of Hinduism, this encyclopedia includes more ethnographic and contemporary material in contrast to the exclusively textual and historical approach of earlier works.
