Concepts of Person in Religion and Thought / / ed. by Andy F. Sanders, Hans G. Kippenberg, Yme B. Kuiper.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Theology and Religious Studies 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Bakker, Hans T.,; Berner, Ulrich,; Bosch, Lourens P. van den,; Drees, Wim Β.,; Drijvers, Han J.W.,; Elias, Norbert,; Geertz, Armin W.,; Hofstede, B. P.,; Hubbeling, Hubertus G.,; Jensen, Jeppe S.,; Kippenberg, Hans G.,; Kuiper, Yme B.,; Leemhuis, Fred,; Meslin, Michel,; Oosten, Jasper J.,; Sanders, Andy F.,; Velde, Herman te,; Witte, Hans A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Kippenberg, Hans G.,; Kuiper, Yme B.,; Sanders, Andy F.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]; ©1990
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: Reprint 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Reason : Theory in the Study of Religion , 37
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (410 p.)

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• PREFACE
• CONTENTS
• Studying Concepts of Person: General Introduction
• PART I: THEORETICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
• Introduction
• Some Remarks on the Concept of Person in Western Philosophy
• A Few Critical Remarks on the Concept of Person
• The Concept of Person in American Anthropology: The Cultural Perspective of Clifford Geertz
• The Concept of Person: Some Heuristical Notes
• Religious Traditions and the Human Person
• PART II: ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN CONCEPTS OF PERSON
• Introduction
• Some Remarks on the Concept 'Person' in the Ancient Egyptian Culture
• Name and Person in Ancient Judaism and Christianity
• The Image of the Philosopher in Late Antiquity and in Early Christianity
• The Saint as Symbol: Conceptions of the Person in Late Antiquity and Early Christianity
• Fear of Death
• PART III: NON-WESTERN CONCEPTS OF PERSON
• Introduction
• Towards Contemporary Islamic Concepts of the Person
• Can You Marry a Djinni? An Aspect of the Djinn as Persons
• Some Reflections on the Concept of Person in Ancient Indian Texts
• An Indian Image of Man: An Inquiry into a Change of Perspective in the Hindu World-view
• Hopi Hermeneutics: Ritual Person Among the Hopi Indians of Arizona
• Ego-Awareness and the Person in the West African World View
• PART IV: SPECIAL ISSUES
• Persona Non Grata: The Case of Zwarte Piet
• Extraterrestrial Persons
• General Bibliography
• About the Authors
• Index