Jain approaches to plurality : : identity as dialogue / / by Melanie Barbato.

In Jain Approaches to Plurality Melanie Barbato offers a new perspective on the Jain teaching of plurality ( anekāntavāda ) and how it allowed Jains to engage with other discourses from Indian inter-school philosophy to global interreligious dialogue. Jainism, one of the world’s oldest religions, ha...

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Superior document:Currents of Encounter, Volume 55
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill Rodopi,, 2018.
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Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Currents of encounter ; Volume 55.
Physical Description:1 online resource (244 pages).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Identity in Changing Times
  • Who are the Jains? A Community between Indian Tradition and Global Modernity
  • Jains in Inner-Indian Dialogue
  • Plurality in Modern Jain Dialogues
  • Jain Dialogic Identity – Then and Now.