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Author Griffiths, Paul J

Title Religious reading : the place of reading in the practice of religion / Paul J. Griffiths
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 210 pages)
Contents 1. Religion -- 2. Religion and Literary Work -- 3. The Context of Religious Reading -- 4. The Fundamental Genres of Religious Reading -- 5. Commentary and Anthology in Buddhist India -- 6. Commentary and Anthology in Roman Africa -- Conclusion
Summary What social conditions and intellectual practices are necessary in order for religious cultures to flourish? In this text, the author finds the answer in "religious reading", the kind of reading in which a religious believer allows his mind to be furnished and his heart instructed by a sacred text
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-203) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Books and reading -- Religious aspects -- Comparative studies
Books and reading -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Books and reading -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Books and reading -- India
Books and reading -- Africa, North
RELIGION -- Comparative Religion.
RELIGION -- Reference.
Books and reading -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Books and reading.
Books and reading -- Religious aspects.
Books and reading -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
North Africa.
India.
Genre/Form Comparative studies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1423760239
9781423760238
1280471751
9781280471759