| Description |
xi, 246 pages ; 23 cm |
| Series |
Library of philosophy and religion |
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Library of philosophy and religion.
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| Contents |
Comparative logical analysis of religious doctrines -- God, bliss and morality -- Criteria of religious identity -- Numen, Nirvana, and the definition of religion -- Myth and transcendence -- Concept of heaven -- Philosophy of worldviews : the philosophy of religion transformed -- Living liberation : Jivanmukti and Nirvana -- Interpretation and mystical experience -- Problems of the application of Western terminology to Theravada Buddhism -- Nirvana and timelessness -- Precept and theory in Sri Lanka -- Beyond Eliade : the future of theory in religion -- Religion, myth and nationalism -- Religion as a discipline? -- Towards an agreed place for religious studies in higher education -- What is comparative religion? -- Social anthropology and the philosophy of religion -- Principles and meaning of the study of religion -- Methods and disciplines in the study of religion -- Exploration of religion and education |
| Analysis |
Religion - Philosophical perspectives |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 231-240 |
| Subject |
Religion -- Philosophy.
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| Author |
Wiebe, Donald, 1943-
|
| LC no. |
85018957 |
| ISBN |
0814778518 |
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