'The Heathen in his Blindness...', : Asia, the West and the Dynamic of Religion.

Today, most intellectuals agree that (a) Christianity has profoundly influenced western culture; (b) members from different cultures experience many aspects of the world differently; (c) the empirical and theoretical study of both culture and religion emerged within the West. The present study argue...

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Superior document:Studies in the history of religions ; Volume 64
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, , Boston: : Brill, , 1993.
Year of Publication:1993
Language:English
Series:Numen Book Series 64.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 563 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Some Puzzles and Problems
  • “Not by One Avenue Only ...”
  • The Whore of Babylon and Other Revelations
  • Made in Paris, London, and Heidelberg
  • Requiem for a Theme
  • “Shall the Twain Ever Meet?”
  • “Guilty as Charged, My Lords and Ladies?”
  • A Human Tragedy or the Divine Retribution?
  • “Blessed are Those Who Seek...”
  • “Imagine, There Is No Religion ...”
  • Prolegomena to a Comparative Science of Cultures
  • At the End of a Journey
  • References
  • Name Index
  • Subject Index
  • Studies in the History of Religions Numen Bookseries.