boat. That the philosophy and religion and cultural values that would lead to these kind of outputs … something was wrong, something was deeply flawed. So that led to an exploration, starting into Asian philosophies. (Interview, 25 August 2016) Ray
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In Religion and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2020
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 45–60 (16 total)
Jack Hunter, Annelin Eriksen, Jon Mitchell, Mattijs van de Port, Magnus Course, Nicolás Panotto, Ruth Barcan, David M. R. Orr, Girish Daswani, Piergiorgio Di Giminiani, Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen, Sofía Ugarte, Ryan J. Cook, Bettina E. Schmidt, and Mylene Mizrahi
subcultures. The analysis suggests numerous antecedents to New Age culture beyond familiar accounts of its core metaphysical propositions such as vitalism and metaphysical disease causation, including a broader cultural valuing of intuition and a belief in the
In Religion and Society
- Published (Print):
- 01 Sep 2018
- Article Type:
- Book Review
- Pages:
- 192–217 (26 total)
The White Cotton Robe
Charisma and Clothes in Tibetan Buddhism Today
Magdalena Maria Turek
, didactic depiction of a culturally valued progression on the path toward the absolute attainment of liberation and enlightenment, which themselves are also represented by the robe. As an expression of pure charisma, Tsültrim Tarchin performs, at this
In Religion and Society
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- 01 Sep 2017
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 173–188 (16 total)
Belonging in a New Myanmar
Identity, Law, and Gender in the Anthropology of Contemporary Buddhism
Juliane Schober
, national, or cultural values. Pointing to the complex challenges people in Myanmar are facing, I also aim to illustrate how an anthropology of Buddhism can account for the agency of ethnic and religious others living in contemporary Theravada contexts
In Religion and Society
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- 01 Sep 2017
- Article Type:
- Research Article
- Pages:
- 158–172 (15 total)