This book brings to life the Buddhist discourse of a network of lay disciples who debated the value of Chan versus Pure Land, sudden versus gradual enlightenment, adherence to Buddhist precepts, and animal welfare. By highlighting the differences between their mentor, the monk Z…
Die Zulässigkeit religiöser Symbole in staatlichen Einrichtungen hängt insbesondere davon ab, ob die Konfrontation mit ihnen in Grundrechte der Symbolbetrachter eingreift. Die rechtliche Beurteilung erfordert ein genaues Verständnis der tatsächlichen Wirkungen der Symbolkonfront…
During the period of their decline in the tenth and early eleventh centuries, the Jewish Academies of Baghdad, the Gaonic Yeshivot, saw a spurt of literary creativity on the part of their heads, the Gaonim. Samuel ben Hofni Gaon, the head of the Academy of Sura, was particularly…
This study examines the discourses of `Abd al-Jabbar (d. 421/1030), Ibn al-Baqillani (d. 403/1013), and Miskawayh (d. 421/1030) as a means to understanding the role of Islam in Buyid society. Most studies historically contextualize Islamic thought in this period in relation to t…
Holiness in Jewish thought
This volume explores concepts of holiness in different periods of Jewish history and bodies of Jewish literature to offer preliminary reflections on their theological and philosophical import today.
Holiness in Jewish thought
Holiness is a challenge for contemporary Jewish thought. The concept of holiness is crucial to religious discourse in general and to Jewish discourse in particular. "Holiness" seems to express an important feature of religious thought and of religious ways of life. Yet the conce…
Holiness in Jewish thought
Holiness is a challenge for contemporary Jewish thought. The concept of holiness is crucial to religious discourse in general and to Jewish discourse in particular. "Holiness" seems to express an important feature of religious thought and of religious ways of life. Yet the conce…
Il dio mortale: ipotesi sulla religiosità moderna
by Leghissa, Giovanni, Vattimo, Gianni
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